René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Default bottom of Stepfilled histograms should be set according to ymin","articleBody":"Follow up to #4606 and #4608 \r\n\r\nCompare bar:\r\n\r\n``` python\r\nimport numpy\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nfig, ax = plt.subplots(1,1)\r\nhist1 = ax.hist(1, bins=1, normed=False, log=True, histtype='bar', label='No bottom', alpha=1, facecolor='red')\r\noffset = 1e-9\r\nax.set_ylim(1e-4, 1.1)\r\nax.legend()\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n![bar](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/548266/8629222/edfeb7fc-271e-11e5-8ebb-e20093f1f31a.png)\r\n\r\nto stepfilled:\r\n\r\n``` python\r\nimport numpy\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nfig, ax = plt.subplots(1,1)\r\nhist1 = ax.hist(1, bins=1, normed=False, log=True, histtype='stepfilled', label='No bottom', alpha=1, facecolor='red')\r\noffset = 1e-9\r\nax.set_ylim(1e-4, 1.1)\r\nax.legend()\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n![stepfilled](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/548266/8629232/12bea534-271f-11e5-8733-40351e13fa74.png)\r\n\r\nSetting bottom is not really a correct solution since it shifts the top of the bar with the same amount\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jenshnielsen","@type":"Person","name":"jenshnielsen"},"datePublished":"2015-07-10T21:19:24.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/4621/matplotlib/issues/4621"}