[FIXED] How to set default matplotlib style?

Issue

When using matplotlib, I tend to use

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.style.use('ggplot')

quiet often. Is there an easy way to change the default style to ggplot (or any other style)? I looked into the 'matplotlibrc'-documentation but was unable to find an appropriate option.

Is there a better way then copying/linking the system-wide .mplstyle?

Thanks!

Solution

Apparently, there is no such option (yet).

However, you can tell iPython to load the ggplot style at startup, by adding "plt.style.use('ggplot')" to c.InteractiveShellApp.exec_lines in ipython_config.py.

Answered By - Toby