PoC: Document each rcParam individually #28930
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Taking cues from the math symbol table, this adds a directive to generate a listing from the `RcParams` dictionary, with types taken from the validators (partially complete), though there could perhaps be other ways to implement it. Then the `rc` role is updated to point to these individual anchors. We also have nowhere to put the documentation for each one yet, so the actual information is all just stubs.
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I believe we eventually should have a function-based/declarative approach to specifying rcParams, similar to e.g. This would bind all relevant information together and make it easy to generate documentation. A minor obstacle would be to generate a reasonably formatted default |
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This has been superseded by #30871. |
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Using the extension from matplotlib#28930, drop the static generated rcParams file, and move to a directive that gets generated on build. This avoids the table getting out of date as rcParams are changed. Note, that this also sorts the rcParams and hides the private (`_`-prefixed) ones.
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Using the extension from matplotlib#28930, drop the static generated rcParams file, and move to a directive that gets generated on build. This avoids the table getting out of date as rcParams are changed. Note, that this also sorts the rcParams and hides the private (`_`-prefixed) ones.
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Using the extension from matplotlib#28930, drop the static generated rcParams file, and move to a directive that gets generated on build. This avoids the table getting out of date as rcParams are changed. Note, that this also hides the private (`_`-prefixed) rcParams.
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Using the extension from #28930, drop the static generated rcParams file, and move to a directive that gets generated on build. This avoids the table getting out of date as rcParams are changed. Note, that this also hides the private (`_`-prefixed) rcParams.
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Taking cues from the math symbol table, this adds a directive to generate a listing from the
RcParamsdictionary, with types taken from the validators (partially complete), though there could perhaps be other ways to implement it. Then thercrole is updated to point to these individual anchors.We also have nowhere to put the documentation for each one yet, so the actual information is all just stubs. This would be the main obstacle to completing this change.
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