René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Make `TexManager.texcache` private","articleBody":"(Original issue below the line)\r\n\r\nAs suggested below, it makes sense to make `texcache` private, which need to go through a deprecation cycle. See https://matplotlib.org/stable/devel/contributing.html#api-changes for a more detailed description of what is required in terms of deprecating something. Also, see the helper function `deprecate_privatize_attribute` and how it is used in the code base.\r\n\r\nMarking as good first issue since there is a minor, well-defined, change. But it may require a bit of reading up to get it right.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n### Documentation Link\r\n\r\nhttps://matplotlib.org/stable/api/texmanager_api.html\r\n\r\n### Problem\r\n\r\ntexcache = '/home/elliott/.cache/matplotlib/tex.cache'\r\n\r\n### Suggested improvement\r\n\r\nNot a big deal, but maybe one can at least add a doc-string stating that is points to `$HOME/.cache/matplotlib/tex.cache` or however it is actually determined.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/oscargus","@type":"Person","name":"oscargus"},"datePublished":"2023-05-21T18:58:47.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/25942/matplotlib/issues/25942"}