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@@ -615,4 +615,5 @@
## On Windows use the full path since convert
## is also the name of a system tool.
#animation.convert_args: ## Additional arguments to pass to convert
#animation.embed_limit : 20.0
#animation.embed_limit : 20.0 ## Limit, in MB, of size of base64 encoded
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The limit is in MiB, not MB, and everything really should be fixed to say that.

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While technically, you are right, I tend not to change that. MB is still more well known and understandable to non computer science affine users than MiB.

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This is a tough one. I have sympathy for the idea of helping maintain an international standard. On the other hand, I had to look up if MiB was different than MB.

@dstansby dstansby added this to the v3.1.1 milestone May 27, 2019
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Thanks @timhoffm !

@NelleV NelleV merged commit 4b50ce6 into matplotlib:master Jun 1, 2019
meeseeksmachine pushed a commit to meeseeksmachine/matplotlib that referenced this pull request Jun 1, 2019
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Backport PR #14335 on branch v3.1.x (Add explanation of animation.embed_limit to matplotlibrc.template)
@timhoffm timhoffm deleted the animation-embed-limit branch June 2, 2019 18:05
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