DOC:Use monospace for --

[endolith]

The -- is rendering as an en dash on http://matplotlib.org/users/pyplot_tutorial.html

Maybe all strings should use monospace instead of single quotes?

[mdboom]

👍

[endolith]

Is that a thumbs up for this change or for the proposed change of formatting all strings this way?

[WeatherGod]

Heh, I thought I found all instances of this back in the day, or maybe someone undid what I had done? Just to note, when I went around fixing this issue, I did monospaced with single quotes inside them in order to help distinguish between the string "none" and the python None.

[mdboom]

Good point about the single quotes inside, @WeatherGod. I think that's important here.

I'm 👍 on this (modulo @WeatherGod's suggestion about including the single quotes inside, i.e.:

``'--'``

and I'm also 👍 on doing this everywhere strings are mentioned, if anyone is willing to take that on.

[endolith]

Ok I changed them all in this file. I'll try to look in other files when I have time

[pelson]

I think this is in direct conflict with the numpydoc HOWTO: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt#documenting-classes - I'd be keen to get consensus on this with the numpydoc guys to avoid anybody spending effort on what could prove to be a backwards step... @NelleV - do you have any comment?

[NelleV]

This is in the tutorial, hence not linked to numpydoc. The difference is that people will not read this unrendered, hence I'm 👍 on the changes.
I would be against such changes in the docstrings on the over hand.

LGTM. I'm 👍 for merges.

[endolith]

Should this also be done for strings on http://matplotlib.org/users/text_props.html ?

[mdboom]

@endolith: I think so. I've never cared for how Sphinx turns the '' into ‘’ in that case, and using the monospace mode for those strings should also fix that.

[endolith]

Ok, did that too