- Made set_(x,y)ticks() to now work with only formatting, start,stop,incr,log are now defaulted to None.
- Moved add plot data portion of makePlot() to the top

- strange now checks if a value can be equivalently expressed as an int instead of just a float. this should make plots look neater.

- added the ability to make custom labels using 'mylist' and 'mylabels' as key word args

- added the ability to make custom labels using 'mylist' and 'mylabels' as key word args

- updated the doctoring for add_plotdata() to include 'marker' instead of 'm'
- added 'alpha' to bar charts (defaults.py)

- removed 'fontsize' this is a duplicate of 'size'

- legend font properties are now update

- removed 'style' and made sure all applicable functions have 'weight' to achieve bold face text

- changed docstring
- specifying 'both' as the axis results in strange results