René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Doc]: Clarify default capstyle","articleBody":"### Documentation Link\n\nhttps://matplotlib.org/devdocs/api/_enums_api.html#matplotlib._enums.CapStyle\n\n### Problem\n\nThe demo states that the default capstyle is `projecting`, which is true for `Line2D` but not for `PathPatch` (where the default is 'butt').\r\n\r\n```\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nimport matplotlib as mpl\r\n\r\nfig,ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(2,1), layout='constrained')\r\n\r\nxx = [0, 1]\r\nyy = [0, 0]\r\nax.plot(xx, yy, lw=12, color='tab:blue')\r\nax.plot(xx, yy, lw=1, color='black')\r\nax.plot(xx, yy, 'o', color='tab:red', markersize=3)\r\nax.add_patch(mpl.patches.PathPatch(mpl.path.Path([[0, 0],[1, 0]]), lw=20, color='C1'))\r\nax.set_axis_off()\r\n```\r\n![Figure_6](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19879328/146409515-77a44d73-2cae-4bc4-ab7c-c185cf035e83.png)\r\n\r\n(see also https://stackoverflow.com/a/70381813/3944322)\r\n\n\n### Suggested improvement\n\nChange `(default)` to `(default for Line2D)` in https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/98115e9b5134f4c71dc196a56f6ed8df4737174a/lib/matplotlib/_enums.py#L171\n\n### Matplotlib Version\n\n3.5.0","author":{"url":"https://github.com/StefRe","@type":"Person","name":"StefRe"},"datePublished":"2021-12-16T16:32:17.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/21979/matplotlib/issues/21979"}