From f9907ffd21d99036c2de42fc97c886b8520cab96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan van der Walt <stefan@sun.ac.za>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:02:21 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ENH: Use nearest neighbor interpolation by default in
 matplotlib plugin.

---
 skimage/io/_plugins/matplotlib_plugin.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/skimage/io/_plugins/matplotlib_plugin.py b/skimage/io/_plugins/matplotlib_plugin.py
index f59540c4..f578ecb9 100644
--- a/skimage/io/_plugins/matplotlib_plugin.py
+++ b/skimage/io/_plugins/matplotlib_plugin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-from matplotlib.pyplot import imshow, show, imread
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+def imshow(*args, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('interpolation', 'nearest')
+    plt.imshow(*args, **kwargs)
+
+imread = plt.imread
+show = plt.show
 
 def _app_show():
     show()