DOC: update docs about qualitative colormaps

endolith · endolith · commit 679497feca44 · 2015-01-06T22:21:00.000-05:00
They are now ListedColormap, remove note about them being removed.

Also added reminder to update the colormap documentation if you add a
new colormap or change an existing one
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/_cm.py b/lib/matplotlib/_cm.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 Nothing here but dictionaries for generating LinearSegmentedColormaps,
 and a dictionary of these dictionaries.
 
-Documentation for each is in pyplot.colormaps()
+Documentation for each is in pyplot.colormaps().  Please update this
+with the purpose and type of your colormap if you add data for one here.
 """
 
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1996,11 +1996,9 @@ def colormaps():
 
     ColorBrewer Qualitative:
 
-    (For plotting nominal data, :class:`ListedColormap` should be used,
+    (For plotting nominal data, :class:`ListedColormap` is used,
     not :class:`LinearSegmentedColormap`.  Different sets of colors are
-    recommended for different numbers of categories.  These continuous
-    versions of the qualitative schemes may be removed or converted in the
-    future.)
+    recommended for different numbers of categories.)
 
     * Accent
     * Dark2
