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@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ Historically the Wright Group has used a qualitative colormap for all plotting.
The black line is the net lightness of each color (larger value means lighter color). %
Below each figure is a gray-scale representation of the corresponding colormap. %
The r, g, and b components are scaled according to human perception. % TODO: values, from where
-The traditional Wright Group colormap (derived from jet) is shown first. i%
+The traditional Wright Group colormap (derived from jet) is shown first. %
Following are two perceptual colormaps, cubehelix from \texcite{GreenDA2009a}, and viridis, the new
matplotlib default.
WrightTools uses the algorithm from \textcite{GreenDA2009a} to define a custom cubehelix colormap
@@ -663,8 +663,11 @@ plots. %
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{"processing/cmap_comparison"}
- \caption{
- Colormap comparison.
+ \caption[Colormap comparison.]{
+ Comparison between colormaps in plotting two-dimensional data.
+ Right column is full-color, and left column is lightness.
+ The ``new'' (top) colormap is evenly spaced in terms of lightness, while the ``old'' colormap
+ has dramatic, misleading changes at the transition in and out of green.
}
\label{pro:fig:cmap_comparison}
\end{figure}
@@ -791,7 +794,7 @@ Axes are the primary interface to coordinate positions in WrightTools. %
Axes are \emph{not} arrays, although they do behave like arrays. %
They are merely \emph{interfaces} into the information stored in one or more variables. %
-Each axis has an expression, like \python{'w1'}, \python{'d1=d2'}, \python{2*w3} or
+Each axis has an expression, like \python{'w1'}, \python{'d1=d2''''}, \python{2*w3} or
\python{'w1+w2-wm'}. %
These expressions describe an unambiguous mathematical operation involving one or more
variables. %
@@ -1344,7 +1347,7 @@ using such a thing immediately. %
To this end, it is important to have easy to use, searchable documentation with end-users in
mind. %
-I have built a website for WrightTools documentation at \href{http://wright.tools/}. %
+I have built a website for WrightTools documentation at \url{http://wright.tools/}. %
The documentation is built and hosted by Read the Docs. \cite{ReadTheDocs}. %
Both master and development versions are built, so users of both can get documentation that is up
to date for them. %