matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #2549 by joferkington (2013-10-28 01:03:19+00:00)
Title: Add methods to control theta position of r-ticklabels on polar plots

Currently, there's easy way to control the position of the radius ticklabels on polar plots. It can be done with `angle` kwarg to `ax.set_rgrids`, but that requires manually setting the tick positions.

This pull request adds methods to get/set the angular position of the r-ticklabels without forcing the axis to use a FixedLocator (as `set_rgrids` would do).