docs: def subplots(scale_x=None, scale_y=None, scale=None, **kwargs):
    r'''
  Run ``matplotlib.pyplot.subplots`` with ``figsize`` set to the correct multiple of the default.
  
  :additional options:
  
    **scale, scale_x, scale_y** (``<float>``)
      Scale the figure-size (along one of the dimensions).
    '''
  
    if 'figsize' in kwargs: return plt.subplots(**kwargs)
  
    width, height = mpl.rcParams['figure.figsize']
  
    if scale is not None:
      width  *= scale
      height *= scale
  
    if scale_x is not None:
      width *= scale_x
  
    if scale_y is not None:
      height *= scale_y
  
    nrows = kwargs.pop('nrows', 1)
    ncols = kwargs.pop('ncols', 1)
  
    width  = ncols * width
    height = nrows * height
  
    return plt.subplots(nrows=nrows, ncols=ncols, figsize=(width,height), **kwargs)