matplotlib
diff --git a/‎examples/lines_bars_and_markers/linestyles.py
Lines changed: 16 additions & 11 deletions b/‎examples/lines_bars_and_markers/linestyles.py
Lines changed: 16 additions & 11 deletions
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 Linestyles
 ==========
 
-Linestyle can be provided as simple as *solid* , *dotted*, *dashed*
-or *dashdot*. Moreover, the dashing of the line can be controlled by
-a dash tuple such as (offset, (on_off_seq)) as mentioned in
-`.Line2D.set_linestyle`. For example, ``(0, (3, 10, 1, 15))`` means
-3pt-line,10pt-space,1pt-line,15pt-space with no offset.
+Simple linestyles can be defined using the strings "solid", "dotted", "dashed"
+or "dashdot". More refined control can be achieved by providing a dash tuple
+``(offset, (on_off_seq))``. For example, ``(0, (3, 10, 1, 15))`` means
+(3pt line, 10pt space, 1pt line, 15pt space) with no offset. See also
+`.Line2D.set_linestyle`.
 
 *Note*: The dash style can also be configured via `.Line2D.set_dashes`
 as shown in :doc:`/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/line_demo_dash_control`
@@ -26,21 +26,26 @@
 
 linestyle_tuple = [
      ('loosely dotted',        (0, (1, 10))),
+     ('dotted',                (0, (1, 1))),
      ('densely dotted',        (0, (1, 1))),
 
      ('loosely dashed',        (0, (5, 10))),
+     ('dashed',                (0, (5, 5))),
      ('densely dashed',        (0, (5, 1))),
 
      ('loosely dashdotted',    (0, (3, 10, 1, 10))),
+     ('dashdotted',            (0, (3, 5, 1, 5))),
      ('densely dashdotted',    (0, (3, 1, 1, 1))),
 
      ('dashdotdotted',         (0, (3, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5))),
      ('loosely dashdotdotted', (0, (3, 10, 1, 10, 1, 10))),
      ('densely dashdotdotted', (0, (3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)))]
 
 
-def simple_plot(ax, linestyles):
+def plot_linestyles(ax, linestyles):
+    X, Y = np.linspace(0, 100, 10), np.zeros(10)
     yticklabels = []
+
     for i, (name, linestyle) in enumerate(linestyles):
         ax.plot(X, Y+i, linestyle=linestyle, linewidth=1.5, color='black')
         yticklabels.append(name)
@@ -56,12 +61,12 @@ def simple_plot(ax, linestyles):
                     xytext=(-6, -12), textcoords='offset points', color="blue",
                     fontsize=8, ha="right", family="monospace")
 
-X, Y = np.linspace(0, 100, 10), np.zeros(10)
-fig, ax = plt.subplots(2, 1, gridspec_kw={'height_ratios': [1, 2]},
-                       figsize=(10, 6))
 
-simple_plot(ax[0], linestyle_str[::-1])
-simple_plot(ax[1], linestyle_tuple[::-1])
+fig, (ax0, ax1) = plt.subplots(2, 1, gridspec_kw={'height_ratios': [1, 3]},
+                               figsize=(10, 8))
+
+plot_linestyles(ax0, linestyle_str[::-1])
+plot_linestyles(ax1, linestyle_tuple[::-1])
 
 plt.tight_layout()
 plt.show()