A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.
- "Build tools for others that you want to be built for you." - Kenneth Reitz
- "Simplicity is alway better than functionality." - Pieter Hintjens
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Small utility to create a discrete matplotlib colormap
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| # By Jake VanderPlas | |
| # License: BSD-style | |
| import matplotlib.pyplot as plt | |
| import numpy as np | |
| def discrete_cmap(N, base_cmap=None): | |
| """Create an N-bin discrete colormap from the specified input map""" |
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A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.
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| # the following two lines give a two-line status, with the current window highlighted | |
| hardstatus alwayslastline | |
| hardstatus string '%{= kG}[%{G}%H%? %1`%?%{g}][%= %{= kw}%-w%{+b yk} %n*%t%?(%u)%? %{-}%+w %=%{g}][%{B}%m/%d %{W}%C%A%{g}]' | |
| # huge scrollback buffer | |
| defscrollback 5000 | |
| # no welcome message | |
| startup_message off |