René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"default value of `lines.dash_capstyle`","articleBody":"In #7087 @rougier asked about changing the default `dash_capstyle` to 'round'.  This is what it would look like on top of the rest of the changes.\n\n![so](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/199813/18812864/22d5489a-82b0-11e6-8437-c4a3df86a29c.png)\n\n``` python\n\nimport numpy as np\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport matplotlib as mpl\nfrom cycler import cycler\n\nfig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(6, 3))\n\nN = 15\n\nx = np.arange(N)\ny = np.ones_like(x)\n\nsty_cycle = (cycler('ls', ['--' ,':', '-.']) *\n             cycler('lw', [None, 1, 2, 5]))\n\nclassic = {'lines.dash_capstyle': 'butt'}\n\nv2 = {'lines.dash_capstyle': 'round'}\n\ndef demo(ax, rcparams, title):\n    ax.axis('off')\n    ax.set_title(title)\n    with mpl.rc_context(rc=rcparams):\n        for j, sty in enumerate(sty_cycle):\n            ax.plot(x, y + j, **sty)\n\ndemo(ax1, classic, 'v2.0')\ndemo(ax2, {}, 'v2.0 + rounded')\n```\n\nI am not a huge fan of the rounded caps, it is barely noticeable at small line widths and looks worse at large linewidths (IMO).\n\nIt would also require re-doing the dash patterns.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/tacaswell","@type":"Person","name":"tacaswell"},"datePublished":"2016-09-25T03:45:43.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/7174/matplotlib/issues/7174"}