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Bug introduced in 7.0.1 or earlier and fixed in 8.0.1'

Why does the following plot no use the global PlotMarkers option?

SetOptions[ListPlot, {ImageSize -> Automatic, PlotMarkers -> {"A"}}];
ListPlot[Range[10]]

Checking the global options for ListPlot shows that PlotMarkers is set on a global level:

Options[ListPlot, {PlotMarkers}] -> {PlotMarkers -> {"A"}}

If I just feed the ListPlot function all of it global options it plots correctly, but it defeats the purpose of having globally set defaults.

ListPlot[Range[10], Options[ListPlot]]

To my knowledge ListPlot[Range[10]] and ListPlot[Range[10], Options[ListPlot]] should always return the same result but in this case it does not.

I'm running Mathematica 8.0.0.0 on Mac OS X 10.6.8

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In version 7 it appears that ListPlot only uses global Options[] that are acceptable to Graphics (probably via FilterRules). You can work around this manually with explicit declaration:

SetOptions[ListPlot, {PlotMarkers -> {"A"}, Filling -> Axis}];

ListPlot[Range[10], Options[ListPlot]]

Mathematica graphics

If you want to make this fix automatic you can do this:

Unprotect[ListPlot];

ListPlot[args___] :=
  Block[{$lpOptsFix = True},
    ListPlot[args, Options[ListPlot]]
  ] /; ! TrueQ[$lpOptsFix]
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  • $\begingroup$ Your last suggestion is pretty much going down the same road as I did when constructing the option configuratin manager which I linked to in the comment above. $\endgroup$
    – Leonid Shifrin
    Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 21:06
  • $\begingroup$ I never meant any opposition. Just made a note to link things, because I think there is more value when related discussions or techniques presented in various places are linked together. Totally agree on complementarity. $\endgroup$
    – Leonid Shifrin
    Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 21:38
  • $\begingroup$ Thank I was looking for something like you ListPlot rewrite. $\endgroup$
    – Davorak
    Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 21:48
  • $\begingroup$ @Davorak, glad I could help, and thanks for the Accept. $\endgroup$
    – Mr.Wizard
    Commented Feb 3, 2012 at 21:55
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Looks like a bug that has been fixed for V8.0.1.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for the heads up about the fix. $\endgroup$
    – Davorak
    Commented Feb 5, 2012 at 1:54
  • $\begingroup$ @Brett Champion I just ran into the same problem (I think) in 8.0.4 $\endgroup$
    – George Wolfe
    Commented Oct 21, 2012 at 21:38

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