Fix documentation of path.simplify to reflect reality

mdboom · mdboom · commit 7fa7f5088d05 · 2009-05-28T11:54:18.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=7149
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -289,8 +289,9 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
                                   # A value of 20000 is probably a good
                                   # starting point.
 ### SAVING FIGURES
-#path.simplify : False  # When True, simplify paths in vector backends, such as
-                        # PDF, PS and SVG
+#path.simplify : False  # When True, simplify paths by removing "invisible" 
+                        # points to reduce file size and increase rendering
+                        # speed
 #path.simplify_threshold : 0.1  # The threshold of similarity below which
                                 # vertices will be removed in the simplification
                                 # process
