Max Jones

That makes sense, thanks for the explanation and sharing the link to the code.

Thanks for working to improve PyGMT based on your experiences with the library. I agree that adding the full expectation for column order when a filename is given would be...

> Did we want to also use YAML configured issue forms for feature requests or any of the other items under https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/new/choose? I generally prefer the rendering of the YAML...

I like how GMT.jl handles clipping through the coast module (https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/GMT.jl/dev/#GMT.coast) using a `clip` parameter that controls both starting and ending clip paths. In Python form, `clip="land"` starts clip path...

> > Just a note regarding comment number 1 - the clip path applies to **all** plotting calls between the start of the clip path and the end of a...

> > Just a note regarding comment number 1 - the clip path applies to all plotting calls between the start of the clip path and the end of a...

> Totally agree with you @meghanrjones, should be bundled together. How should we continue with this PR? I recommend leaving it as is briefly until we find out whether GMT...

> I saw the corresponding GMT PR was merged with only a fix in the docs @maxrjones. Do you think we can continue here? Yes, continuing sounds good. Here's how...

I agree with raising a warning rather than an error for most non-supported versions. However, we should raise an error if the version is truly not compatible (e.g., GMT 5).

> @GenericMappingTools/pygmt-maintainers This PR has been untouched since August; are we planning to get it wrapped up for v0.5.0? I think the issues raised in https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/pull/923#pullrequestreview-737713277 will be a bit...