<h3 dir="auto">Bug report</h3>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Bug summary</strong></p>
<p dir="auto">Modifying rcParams in the same cell where <code class="notranslate">%matplotlib inline</code> is called (for the first time) causes only a temporary change (within that cell).  In later cells, the values of rcParams revert back.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Code for reproduction</strong></p>
<p dir="auto"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/697763/43705708-fcb7297e-996b-11e8-8c5a-be6cc0404a19.png"><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/697763/43705708-fcb7297e-996b-11e8-8c5a-be6cc0404a19.png" alt="screen shot 2018-08-06 at 11 25 09 am" style="max-width: 100%;"></a></p>
<p dir="auto">Notice that even if <code class="notranslate">inline</code> is changed to some other backend, things work properly:</p>
<p dir="auto"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/697763/43705719-0a3bba56-996c-11e8-8e84-f8854c2cacc6.png"><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/697763/43705719-0a3bba56-996c-11e8-8e84-f8854c2cacc6.png" alt="screen shot 2018-08-06 at 11 25 32 am" style="max-width: 100%;"></a></p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Matplotlib version</strong></p>

<ul dir="auto">
<li>Operating system: Mac OS 10.13.4</li>
<li>Matplotlib version:  2.2.2</li>
<li>Matplotlib backend (<code class="notranslate">print(matplotlib.get_backend())</code>): nbAgg</li>
<li>Python version: 3.6.5</li>
<li>Jupyter version (if applicable): 4.4.0</li>
<li>Other libraries:</li>
</ul>


<p dir="auto">See also <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="342340561" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/11693" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/11693/hovercard" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/11693">#11693</a>, which seems to be another manifestation of the same bug.</p>
<p dir="auto"><em>EDIT (jklymak)  Old title is below:</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Fundamental issue is that If you do a search on "radar plot matplotlib" you get sent here:</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://matplotlib.org/examples/api/radar_chart.html" rel="nofollow">https://matplotlib.org/examples/api/radar_chart.html</a></p>
<p dir="auto">This of course refers to 2.0.2 and <code class="notranslate">/examples/</code> isn't a directory any more in our tree.</p>
<ol dir="auto">
<li>Robots should probably be redirected to the proper page.</li>
<li>It'd be nice if the old docs could get a version marker as per PR <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="283737600" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/10065" data-hovercard-type="pull_request" data-hovercard-url="/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/10065/hovercard" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/10065">#10065</a></li>
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<h2 dir="auto">Example of radar chart (matplotlib v.2.1.1) doesn't work</h2>
<p dir="auto">I just tried to run the radar chart example on a Mac (MacOS 10.13.1) with python 3.5.4 and matplotlib 2.1.1. and the radars aren't displayed correctly.</p>
<p dir="auto"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/22655914/34046280-cbebf940-e1ac-11e7-8fd5-90096dcb9f9b.png"><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/22655914/34046280-cbebf940-e1ac-11e7-8fd5-90096dcb9f9b.png" alt="capture d ecran 2017-12-15 a 15 25 24" style="max-width: 100%;"></a></p>
<p dir="auto">I found that this is the <code class="notranslate">set_varlabels</code> function which shifts the radars. Without the line 189 : <code class="notranslate">ax.set_varlabels(spoke_labels)</code> the radars look like that (but without the labels).</p>
<p dir="auto"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/22655914/34046380-281a6bc0-e1ad-11e7-8e18-f1f14cd6352f.png"><img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/22655914/34046380-281a6bc0-e1ad-11e7-8e18-f1f14cd6352f.png" alt="capture d ecran 2017-12-15 a 15 32 13" style="max-width: 100%;"></a></p>
<p dir="auto">As I'm new on matplotlib and python I didn't succeed in finding a solution.</p>
<p dir="auto">Thank's for your help</p>