docs: add 4 new pyplot functions

efiring · efiring · commit 02b39b93302f · 2010-06-26T19:29:48.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=8471
diff --git a/doc/_templates/index.html b/doc/_templates/index.html
@@ -618,6 +618,18 @@ <h3>plotting commands</h3> <br/>
       </td>
 
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th align="left">
+        <a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.locator_params">locator_params</a>
+
+      </th>
+
+      <td align="left">
+        adjust parameters used in locating axis ticks
+      </td>
+
+    </tr>
+
     <tr>
       <th align="left">
         <a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.loglog">loglog</a>
@@ -640,6 +652,18 @@ <h3>plotting commands</h3> <br/>
       </td>
 
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th align="left">
+        <a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.margins">margins</a>
+
+      </th>
+
+      <td align="left">
+        set margins used in autoscaling
+      </td>
+
+    </tr>
+
     <tr>
       <th align="left">
         <a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.pcolor">pcolor</a>
@@ -948,6 +972,29 @@ <h3>plotting commands</h3> <br/>
       </td>
 
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th align="left">
+        <a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.tick_params">tick_params</a>
+
+      </th>
+
+      <td align="left">
+        control the appearance of ticks and tick labels
+      </td>
+
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th align="left">
+        <a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.ticklabel_format">ticklabel_format</a>
+
+      </th>
+
+      <td align="left">
+        control the format of tick labels
+      </td>
+
+    </tr>
+
     <tr>
       <th align="left">
         <a href="api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.title">title</a>
diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes.rst b/doc/api/api_changes.rst
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ list may help describe what changes may be necessary in your code.
 Changes beyond 0.99.x
 =====================
 
-* There are three new Axes methods with corresponding pyplot
+* There are four new Axes methods with corresponding pyplot
   functions to facilitate autoscaling, tick location, and tick
-  label formatting:
+  label formatting, and the general appearance of ticks and
+  tick labels:
 
   + :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.margins` sets margins used to
     autoscale the :attr:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.viewLim` based on
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ Changes beyond 0.99.x
     method for controlling the :class:`matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter`
     that is used by default with linear axes.
 
+  + :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.tick_params` controls direction, size,
+    visibility, and color of ticks and their labels.
+
 * The :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar` method accepts a *error_kw*
   kwarg; it is a dictionary of kwargs to be passed to the
   errorbar function.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pylab.py b/lib/matplotlib/pylab.py
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@
   imshow   - plot image data
   ishold   - return the hold state of the current axes
   legend   - make an axes legend
+  locator_params - adjust parameters used in locating axis ticks
   loglog   - a log log plot
   matshow  - display a matrix in a new figure preserving aspect
+  margins  - set margins used in autoscaling
   pcolor   - make a pseudocolor plot
   pcolormesh - make a pseudocolor plot using a quadrilateral mesh
   pie      - make a pie chart
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@
   table    - add a table to the plot
   text     - add some text at location x,y to the current axes
   thetagrids - customize the radial theta grids and labels for polar
+  tick_params - control the appearance of ticks and tick labels
+  ticklabel_format - control the format of tick labels
   title    - add a title to the current axes
   xcorr   - plot the autocorrelation function of x and y
   xlim     - set/get the xlimits
