changed frameon default to False

Author: falexwolf

scanpy/settings.py

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 """Categories that are omitted in plotting etc.
 """
 
-_frameon = True
+_frameon = False
 """See set_figure_params.
 """
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-def set_figure_params(scanpy=True, dpi=80, dpi_save=150, frameon=True, vector_friendly=True,
+def set_figure_params(scanpy=True, dpi=80, dpi_save=150, frameon=False, vector_friendly=True,
                       color_map=None, format='pdf', transparent=False, ipython_format='png2x'):
     """Set resolution/size, styling and format of figures.
 
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ def set_figure_params(scanpy=True, dpi=80, dpi_save=150, frameon=True, vector_fr
     dpi_save : `int`, optional (default: `150`)
         Resolution of saved figures. This should typically be higher to achieve
         publication quality.
-    frameon : `bool`, optional (default: True)
-        Plot scatter plots with frames around.
+    frameon : `bool`, optional (default: `False`)
+        Add frames and axes labels to scatter plots with tick-less axes.
     vector_friendly : `bool`, optional (default: `True`)
         Plot scatter plots using `png` backend even when exporting as `pdf` or `svg`.
     color_map : `str`, optional (default: `None`)