Merge pull request #16459 from anntzer/backend-docs

timhoffm · web-flow · commit 753d71a387de · 2020-02-10T22:26:31.000+01:00
Update backend dependency docs.
diff --git a/INSTALL.rst b/INSTALL.rst
@@ -120,20 +120,25 @@ Optionally, you can also install a number of packages to enable better user
 interface toolkits. See :ref:`what-is-a-backend` for more details on the
 optional Matplotlib backends and the capabilities they provide.
 
-* `Tk <https://docs.python.org/3/library/tk.html>`_ (>= 8.3, != 8.6.0 or
-  8.6.1): for the Tk-based backends;
-* `PyQt4 <https://pypi.org/project/PyQt4>`_ (>= 4.6) or
-  `PySide <https://pypi.org/project/PySide>`_ (>= 1.0.3) [#]_: for the
-  Qt4-based backends;
-* `PyQt5 <https://pypi.org/project/PyQt5>`_: for the Qt5-based backends;
-* `PyGObject <https://pypi.org/project/PyGObject/>`_: for the GTK3-based
-  backends [#]_;
-* `wxPython <https://www.wxpython.org/>`_ (>= 4) [#]_: for the wx-based
+* Tk_ (>= 8.3, != 8.6.0 or 8.6.1): for the Tk-based backends;
+* PyQt4_ (>= 4.6) or PySide_ (>= 1.0.3) [#]_: for the Qt4-based backends;
+* PyQt5_ or PySide2_: for the Qt5-based backends;
+* PyGObject_: for the GTK3-based backends [#]_;
+* wxPython_ (>= 4) [#]_: for the wx-based backends;
+* pycairo_ (>= 1.11.0) or cairocffi_ (>= 0.8): for the GTK3 and/or cairo-based
   backends;
-* `cairocffi <https://cairocffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ (>= 0.8) or
-  `pycairo <https://pypi.org/project/pycairo>`_: for the cairo-based
-  backends;
-* `Tornado <https://pypi.org/project/tornado>`_: for the WebAgg backend;
+* Tornado_: for the WebAgg backend;
+
+.. _Tk: https://docs.python.org/3/library/tk.html
+.. _PyQt4: https://pypi.org/project/PyQt4
+.. _PySide: https://pypi.org/project/PySide
+.. _PyQt5: https://pypi.org/project/PyQt5
+.. _PySide2: https://pypi.org/project/PySide2
+.. _PyGObject: https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _wxPython: https://www.wxpython.org/
+.. _pycairo: https://pycairo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _cairocffi: https://cairocffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _Tornado: https://pypi.org/project/tornado
 
 .. [#] PySide cannot be pip-installed on Linux (but can be conda-installed).
 .. [#] If using pip (and not conda), PyGObject must be built from source; see
diff --git a/tutorials/introductory/usage.py b/tutorials/introductory/usage.py
@@ -475,12 +475,6 @@ def my_plotter(ax, data1, data2, param_dict):
 # See `jupyter-matplotlib <https://github.com/matplotlib/jupyter-matplotlib>`__
 # for more details.
 #
-# GTK and Cairo
-# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-#
-# ``GTK3`` backends (*both* ``GTK3Agg`` and ``GTK3Cairo``) depend on Cairo
-# (pycairo>=1.11.0 or cairocffi).
-#
 # .. _QT_API-usage:
 #
 # How do I select PyQt4 or PySide?

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`@@ -475,12 +475,6 @@ def my_plotter(ax, data1, data2, param_dict):`
`475`	`475`	# See `jupyter-matplotlib <https://github.com/matplotlib/jupyter-matplotlib>`__
`476`	`476`	`# for more details.`
`477`	`477`	`#`
`478`		`-# GTK and Cairo`
`479`		`-# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^`
`480`		`-#`
`481`		-# ``GTK3`` backends (both ``GTK3Agg`` and ``GTK3Cairo``) depend on Cairo
`482`		`-# (pycairo>=1.11.0 or cairocffi).`
`483`		`-#`
`484`	`478`	`# .. _QT_API-usage:`
`485`	`479`	`#`
`486`	`480`	`# How do I select PyQt4 or PySide?`