Scatter Marker and Plot Symbol Agreement #350

Original report at SourceForge, opened Sat Jun 14 14:27:31 2008

Some scatter markers are not specified in the same manner as the corresponding plot symbol. There should be agreement between the specifications. Here is the list of predefined scatter markers:

    's'     square
    'o'     circle
    '^'     triangle up
    '>'     triangle right
    'v'     triangle down
    '<'     triangle left
    'd'     diamond
    'p'     pentagram
    'h'     hexagon
    '8'     octagon
    '+'     plus
    'x'     cross

And the predefined plot symbols:

    .     # points
    ,     # pixels
    o     # circle symbols
    ^     # triangle up symbols
    v     # triangle down symbols
    <     # triangle left symbols
    >     # triangle right symbols
    s     # square symbols
    +     # plus symbols
    x     # cross symbols
    D     # diamond symbols
    d     # thin diamond symbols
    1     # tripod down symbols

Notably, the 'd' marker for scatter corresponds to the 'D' symbol for plot. So for plot, perhaps we should have:

    d     # diamond symbols
    D     # thin diamond symbols

Also, it would be nice if we could have the same set of predefined markers/symbols.

SourceForge Comments

On Sun May 30 18:50:59 2010, efiring wrote:

This is borderline, but I am pushing it over to the "Feature Requests" category.

On Sat Jun 14 14:30:01 2008, tjhnson wrote:

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SourceForge History

• On Sun May 30 18:50:59 2010, by efiring: data_type: 560723