Merge pull request #5131 from gauteh/numpoints-1

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit d3a9782f3f43 · 2016-02-08T15:50:50.000-05:00
fix #4854: set default numpoints of legend entries to 1
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ def validate_animation_writer_path(p):
     '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
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 #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
