fix matplotlib#4854: set default numpoints of legend entries to 1

mdboom · Nov 17, 2015 · 40ce84a · 40ce84a
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diff --git a/doc/users/whats_new/style_changes.rst b/doc/users/whats_new/style_changes.rst
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ are designed to work well in the most common cases.
 
 These changes include:
 
+- By default, the number of points displayed in a legend is now 1.
+
 - The ''Blues'' colormap has been adjusted to be perceptually uniform.  The old
   ``blues`` colormap is available under the name ``legacy_Blues``.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ legend.fancybox      : False  # if True, use a rounded box for the
                               # legend, else a rectangle
 legend.loc           : upper right
 legend.isaxes        : True   # this option is internally ignored
-legend.numpoints     : 2      # the number of points in the legend line
+legend.numpoints     : 1      # the number of points in the legend line
 legend.fontsize      : large
 legend.borderpad     : 0.4    # border whitespace in fontsize units
 legend.markerscale   : 1.0    # the relative size of legend markers vs. original

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ def validate_cycler(s):
     'legend.isaxes': [True, validate_bool],
 
     # the number of points in the legend line
-    'legend.numpoints': [2, validate_int],
+    'legend.numpoints': [1, validate_int],
     # the number of points in the legend line for scatter
     'legend.scatterpoints': [3, validate_int],
     'legend.fontsize': ['large', validate_fontsize],

diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
 #legend.fancybox      : False  # if True, use a rounded box for the
                                # legend, else a rectangle
 #legend.isaxes        : True
-#legend.numpoints     : 2      # the number of points in the legend line
+#legend.numpoints     : 1      # the number of points in the legend line
 #legend.fontsize      : large
 #legend.borderpad     : 0.5    # border whitespace in fontsize units
 #legend.markerscale   : 1.0    # the relative size of legend markers vs. original