Plot something the way I prefer it.

prettify_plot.py

# Douglas Myers-Turnbull wrote this for the Kokel Lab, which has released it under the Apache Software License, Version 2.0
# See the license file here: https://gist.github.com/dmyersturnbull/bfa1c3371e7449db553aaa1e7cd3cac1
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from typing import Callable, Optional, Tuple, Iterable
from matplotlib.axes import SubplotBase
import seaborn as sns

def prettify_plot(plot_fn: Callable[[], SubplotBase],
        style :str='whitegrid',
        bounds: Tuple[int, int]=(40, 20), font_scale: float=3,
        x_lim: Optional[Tuple[Optional[float], Optional[float]]]=None,
        y_lim: Optional[Tuple[Optional[float], Optional[float]]]=None,
        x_ticks: Optional[Iterable[float]]=None,
        y_ticks: Optional[Iterable[float]]=None) -> SubplotBase:
    """Plot something the same I prefer it. Matplotlib determines values if they're passed as None."""
    sns.set(rc={'figure.figsize': bounds}, font_scale=font_scale)
    sns.set_style(style)
    plot = plot_fn()
    if x_lim is not None:
        plot.set(xlim=x_lim)
    if y_lim is not None:
        plot.set(ylim=y_lim)
    if x_ticks is not None:
        plot.axes.set_xticks(x_ticks)
    if y_ticks is not None:
        plot.axes.set_xticks(y_ticks)
    return plot