fix: improve Handles class, and add pre-commit command to Makefile

Author: c0rychu

Makefile

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+run-pre-commit-ruff-black:
+	uv run pre-commit run --all-files
 run-local-mkdocs-server:
 	uv run mkdocs serve

examples/violin-plot.ipynb

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "# === True value plot ===\n",
-    "(mu_plot,) = ax.plot(t, mu_arr, \"rx\", label=r\"True Voltage $v_\\text{true}(t)$\")\n",
+    "mu_plot = ax.plot(t, mu_arr, \"rx\", label=r\"True Voltage $v_\\text{true}(t)$\")\n",
     "# Add true value plot to handles for legend\n",
     "handles.append(mu_plot)\n",
     "\n",

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "physics-plot"
-version = "0.1.0.post3"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "matplotlib styles and utils"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [

src/physics_plot/utils.py

@@ -11,6 +11,25 @@ def __init__(self, *args):
         """
         super().__init__(*args)
 
+    def append(self, object):
+        """Append an object to the handle list.
+        If the object is a single-element list, append its only element
+        instead.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        object : Any
+            Object to append to the handle list.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        None
+        """
+        if isinstance(object, list) and len(object) == 1:
+            super().append(object[0])
+        else:
+            super().append(object)
+
     def append_violinplot(self, violinplot, label):
         """Append a legend patch constructed from a violin plot.