Improve report generation

Allow the generation of xkcd like plots and fix the bug that
caused the x axis descriptions of box plots to be cut off.

setup.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def run(self):
         "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
         "Topic :: System :: Benchmark",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)",
-        "Development Status :: 2 - Beta",
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Environment :: Console",
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
 

temci/report/rundata.py

@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def _speed_up(self, property: str, data1: RunData, data2: RunData):
         Calculates the speed up from the second to the first
         (e.g. the first is RESULT * 100 % faster than the second).
         """
-        return (scipy.mean(data2[property]) - scipy.mean(data1[property])) \
+        return (scipy.mean(data1[property]) - scipy.mean(data2[property])) \
                / scipy.mean(data1[property])
 
     def _estimate_time_for_run_datas(self, run_bin_size: int, data1: RunData, data2: RunData,

temci/report/stats.py

@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ def histogram(self, fig_width: Number, fig_height: Number = None,
         :param other_obj_names: names of the additional objects
         :param own_name: used with other_objs option
         """
+        self.reset_plt()
         self._hist_data = {}
         import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
         import seaborn as sns
@@ -631,11 +632,19 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 
     def reset_plt(self):
         """ Reset the current matplotlib plot style. """
-        import seaborn as sns
-        sns.reset_defaults()
-        sns.set_style("darkgrid")
-        sns.set_palette(sns.color_palette("muted"))
-        mpl.use("agg")
+        import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+        plt.gcf().subplots_adjust(bottom=0.15)
+        if Settings()["report/xkcd_like_plots"]:
+            import seaborn as sns
+            sns.reset_defaults()
+            mpl.use("agg")
+            plt.xkcd()
+        else:
+            import seaborn as sns
+            sns.reset_defaults()
+            sns.set_style("darkgrid")
+            sns.set_palette(sns.color_palette("muted"))
+            mpl.use("agg")
 
 
 class Single(BaseStatObject):
@@ -1302,6 +1311,7 @@ def boxplot(self, fig_width: Number, fig_height: Number = None):
         """
         import seaborn as sns
         import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+        self.reset_plt()
         if fig_height is None:
             fig_height = self._height_for_width(fig_width)
         self._fig = plt.figure(figsize=self._fig_size_cm_to_inch(fig_width, fig_height))

temci/scripts/version.py

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 Versions with uneven minor version number are considered beta.
 """
 
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 """ The current version of temci """

temci/utils/settings.py

@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ class Settings(metaclass=Singleton):
             "exclude_invalid": BoolOrNone() // Default(True)
                     // Description("Exclude all data sets that contain only zeros or NaNs."),
             "long_properties": BoolOrNone() // Default(True)
-                    // Description("Replace the property names in reports with longer more descriptive versions?")
+                    // Description("Replace the property names in reports with longer more descriptive versions?"),
+            "xkcd_like_plots": BoolOrNone() // Default(False)
+                    // Description("Produce xkcd like plots (requires the humor sans font to be installed)")
         }, all_keys=False),
         "run": Dict({
             "discarded_runs": NaturalNumber() // Description("First n runs that are discarded") // Default(1),