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Elegant feature request: allow users to edit axis labels #558

Open bruhwiler opened 7 years ago

bruhwiler commented 7 years ago

A user has made the following request: "Is there a way to adjust graph axis labels? Some variable selections seem to break the autoscaling, as shown in the figure below:"

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robnagler commented 7 years ago

I think we should just fix the label algorithm. This must be possible. Maybe a new version of d3?

bruhwiler commented 7 years ago

Fixing the algorithm is important, and that's probably the appropriate first step.

However, scientists and engineers will inevitably want to edit the labels.

robnagler commented 7 years ago

Perhaps it would be simpler to generate the matplotlib, R, or other suitable tool. The users who care are likely to know Python or one of those tools already. We do not want to invent a UI for a plotting library. We may have to invent a UI for a "publication workflow" that allows people to get their data in a tool that's already got a UI for publication formatting (Excel, matplotlib, LaTeX, etc.).