diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes/2017-02-06_TAC.rst b/doc/api/api_changes/2017-02-06_TAC.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e59932586547 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/api/api_changes/2017-02-06_TAC.rst @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Do not clip line width when scaling dashes +`````````````````````````````````````````` + +The algorithm to scale dashes was changed to no longer clip the +scaling factor: the dash patterns now continue to shrink at thin line widths. +If the line width is smaller than the effective pixel size, this may result in +dashed lines turning into solid gray-ish lines. This also required slightly +tweaking the default patterns for '--', ':', and '.-' so that with the default +line width the final patterns would not change. + +There is no way to restore the old behavior.
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