René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Annotation text bbox calculated incorrectly in matplotlib\u003e=1.4.3?","articleBody":"Prior to matplotlib 1.4.3, text bounding boxes created with `annotate` did not include the connection arrow.  Starting with 1.4.3 and continuing up to the current HEAD, the bbox includes the connection arrow.  \n\nAs an example:\n\n```\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport matplotlib\n\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\n\nax.annotate('Matplotlib {}'.format(matplotlib.__version__),\n            xy=(0.1, 0.1), xytext=(50, 50), size=20,\n            xycoords='data', textcoords='offset points',\n            bbox=dict(alpha=0.5, fc='yellow'),\n            arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='-\u003e'))\n\nplt.show()\n```\n\n![mpl1 4 2](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/906803/6314963/e80f9c8c-b9b7-11e4-81a0-583a64784df7.png)\n\n![mpl1 4 3](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/906803/6314965/ef713d00-b9b7-11e4-9668-64397e8f2914.png)\n\n![mpl_github](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/906803/6314968/f731695c-b9b7-11e4-962f-ae4337f495ad.png)\n\nThis may be related to https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4012? \n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/joferkington","@type":"Person","name":"joferkington"},"datePublished":"2015-02-21T16:56:13.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/4139/matplotlib/issues/4139"}