general.yaml

general:
  backend: default                      # The matplotlib backend used for visualization. `default` uses the system default, can specify specific backend (e.g. TKAgg, Qt5Agg, WXAgg).
  dpi: 150                              # Resolution in dots per inch used when saving figures. Lower values reduce file size (e.g. 150 gives ~50% smaller files than 300 with negligible quality loss for diagnostic subplots).
  imshow_origin: upper                  # The `origin` input of `imshow`, determining if pixel values are ascending or descending on the y-axis.
  log10_min_value: 1.0e-4               # If negative values are being plotted on a log10 scale, values below this value are rounded up to it (e.g. to remove negative values).
  log10_max_value: 1.0e99               # If positive values are being plotted on a log10 scale, values above this value are rounded down to it.
  zoom_around_mask: true                # If True, plots of data structures with a mask automatically zoom in the masked region.
  output_format: show                   # Default output format: "show" displays the figure interactively via plt.show(), "png"/"pdf"/etc. saves to file.
inversion:
  reconstruction_vmax_factor: 0.5
  total_mappings_pixels: 8              # The number of source pixels used when plotting the subplot_mappings of a pixelization.
zoom:
  plane_percent: 0.01
  inversion_percent: 0.01               # Plots of an Inversion's reconstruction use the reconstructed data's bright value multiplied by this factor.
units:
  use_scaled: true                      # Whether to plot spatial coordinates in scaled units computed via the pixel_scale (e.g. arc-seconds) or pixel units by default.
  cb_unit: $\,\,\mathrm{e^{-}}\,\mathrm{s^{-1}}$ # The string or latex unit label used for the colorbar of the image, for example electrons per second.
  scaled_symbol: '"'                    # The symbol used when plotting spatial coordinates computed via the pixel_scale (e.g. for Astronomy data this is arc-seconds).
  unscaled_symbol: pix                  # The symbol used when plotting spatial coordinates in unscaled pixel units.
colormap: autoarray               # Default colormap for 2D plots. Use any matplotlib name to override (e.g. jet, viridis).
ticks:
  extent_factor_2d: 0.75  # Fraction of half-extent used for 2D tick positions (< 1.0 pulls ticks inward from edges).
  number_of_ticks_2d: 3   # Number of ticks on each spatial axis of 2D plots.
  symbol_over_decimal: false  # If true, place the arcsec double-prime symbol over the decimal point, e.g. 3.″8, instead of after the value, e.g. 3.8".
contour:
  total_contours: 10       # Number of contour levels drawn over log10 (and explicit linear) plots.
  include_values: true     # Whether to label each contour line with its value.
colorbar:
  fraction: 0.047          # Fraction of original axes to use for the colorbar.
  pad: 0.01                # Padding between colorbar and axes.
  labelrotation: 90        # Rotation of colorbar tick labels in degrees.
  labelsize: 16            # Font size of colorbar tick labels for single-panel figures.
  labelsize_subplot: 16    # Font size of colorbar tick labels for subplot panels.
mat_plot:
  figure:
    figsize: (7, 7)                     # Default figure size. Override via aplt.Figure(figsize=(...)).
    subplot_shape_to_figsize_factor: (6, 6)  # Per-panel size factor for subplots. figsize = (cols*fx, rows*fy).
  title:
    fontsize: 24                        # Default title font size for single-panel figures.
  title_subplot:
    fontsize: 20                        # Default title font size for subplot panels.
  yticks:
    fontsize: 22                        # Default y-tick font size. Override via aplt.YTicks(fontsize=...).
  yticks_subplot:
    fontsize: 22                        # Default y-tick font size for subplot panels.
  xticks:
    fontsize: 22                        # Default x-tick font size. Override via aplt.XTicks(fontsize=...).
  xticks_subplot:
    fontsize: 22                        # Default x-tick font size for subplot panels.
  ylabel:
    fontsize: 16                        # Default y-label font size. Override via aplt.YLabel(fontsize=...).
  xlabel:
    fontsize: 16                        # Default x-label font size. Override via aplt.XLabel(fontsize=...).