inconsistencies in the options for the drawer (circuit, and timeline)

[jaygambetta]

What should we add?

When I was looking at visualizations for the timeline_drawer and the circuit_drawer it would be good to have both have the same options for the same thing. I.e idle_wires does not work in the timeline and it took me a while to figure out it is show_idle.

To get both to work one use option show_idle and the other idle_wires it would be good to have both have the same name.

timeline_drawer(qc_ibm, show_idle=False)
and
circuit_drawer(qc_ibm, idle_wires=False)

my proposal is make it

timeline_drawer(qc_ibm, idle_wires=False)
and
circuit_drawer(qc_ibm, idle_wires=False)

[1ucian0]

I agree with your proposal. Let's deprecate timeline_drawer(..., show_idle=...) in favor of timeline_drawer(..., idle_wires =...).