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‎doc/faq/installing_faq.rst‎

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Here is a summary of the matplotlib renderers (there is an eponymous
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Renderer (Filetypes) Description
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Agg (png) raster - high quality images using the `antigrain <http://antigrain.html>`_ engine
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PS (ps, eps) vector - postscript output
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PDF (pdf) vector - portable document format
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SVG (svg) vector - scalar vector graphics
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Cairo (png, ps, pdf, svn, ...) vector - `cairo graphics <http://cairographics.org>`_
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GDK (png, jpg, tiff..) raster - the GDK drawing API for GTK
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Renderer Filetypes Description
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AGG png :term:`raster graphics` -- high quality images using the `Anti-Grain Geometry`_ engine
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PS ps, eps :term:`vector graphics` -- Postscript_ output
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PDF pdf :term:`vector graphics` -- `Portable Document Format`_
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SVG svg :term:`vector graphics` -- `Scalable Vector Graphics`_
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Cairo png, ps, pdf, svn, ... :term:`vector graphics` -- `Cairo graphics`_
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GDK png, jpg, tiff, ... :term:`raster graphics` -- the `Gimp Drawing Kit`_ for GTK
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And here are the user interfaces and renderer combinations supported:
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Backend Description
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GTKAgg Agg rendering to a GTK canvas (`pygtk <http://www.pygtk.org>`_)
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GTK GDK rendering to a GTK canvas (not recommended) (`pygtk <http://www.pygtk.org>`_)
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GTKCairo Cairo rendering to a GTK Canvas (`pygtk <http://www.pygtk.org>`_)
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WXAgg Agg rendering to to a WX canvas (`wxpython <http://www.wxpython.org>`_)
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WX Native WX drawing to a WX Canvas (not recommended) (`wxpython <http://www.wxpython.org>`_)
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TkAgg Agg rendering to a Tkinter canvas (`tkinter <http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter>`_)
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QtAgg Agg rendering to a Qt canvas (`pyqt <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro>`_)
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Qt4Agg Agg rendering to a Qt4 canvas (`pyqt <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro>`_)
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FLTKAgg Agg rendering to a FLTK canvas (`pyfltk <http://pyfltk.sourceforge.net>`_)
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GTKAgg Agg rendering to a GTK canvas (requires PyGTK_)
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GTK GDK rendering to a GTK canvas (not recommended) (requires PyGTK_)
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GTKCairo Cairo rendering to a GTK Canvas (requires PyGTK_)
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WXAgg Agg rendering to to a wxWidgets canvas (requires wxPython_)
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WX Native wxWidgets drawing to a wxWidgets Canvas (not recommended) (requires wxPython_)
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TkAgg Agg rendering to a Tk canvas (requires TkInter_)
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QtAgg Agg rendering to a Qt canvas (requires PyQt_)
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Qt4Agg Agg rendering to a Qt4 canvas (requires PyQt4_)
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FLTKAgg Agg rendering to a FLTK canvas (requires pyFLTK_)
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.. _`Anti-Grain Geometry`: http://www.antigrain.com/
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.. _Postscript: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript
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.. _`Portable Document Format`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format
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.. _`Scalable Vector Graphics`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics
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.. _`Cairo graphics`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(graphics)
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.. _`Gimp Drawing Kit`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDK
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.. _PyGTK: http://www.pygtk.org
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.. _wxPython: http://www.wxpython.org/
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.. _TkInter: http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter
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.. _PyQt: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro
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.. _PyQt4: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro
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.. _pyFLTK: http://pyfltk.sourceforge.net
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Raster graphics, or bitmaps, represent an image as an array of pixels
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The use of geometrical primitives based upon mathematical equations to

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