[2745233] clarify first example in the documentation

efiring · efiring · commit b7b4e8baae6c · 2010-06-06T18:58:43.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=8387
diff --git a/doc/_templates/index.html b/doc/_templates/index.html
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ <h1>intro</h1>
   alt="screenshots"/></a></p>
 
 
-  <p>For example, to generate 10,000 gaussian random numbers and make a
-  histogram plot binning the data into 100 bins, you simply need to
+  <p>For example, using "ipython -pylab" to provide an interactive
+  environment, to generate 10,000 gaussian random numbers and plot a
+  histogram with 100 bins, you simply need to
   type</p>
 
   <pre>
-  >>> from pylab import randn, hist
-  >>> x = randn(10000)
-  >>> hist(x, 100)</pre>
+  x = randn(10000)
+  hist(x, 100)</pre>
 
   <p>For the power user, you have full control of line styles, font
   properties, axes properties, etc, via an object oriented interface
