matplotlib examples

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There are a variety of ways to use matplotlib, and most of them are

illustrated in the examples in this directory.

Probably the most common way people use matplotlib is with the

procedural interface, which follows the matlab/IDL/mathematica

approach of using simple procedures like "plot" or "title" to modify

the current figure. These examples are included in the "pylab"

directory. If you want to write more robust scripts, eg for

production use or in a web application server, you will probably want

to use the matplotlib API for full control. These examples are found

in the "api" directory. Below is a brief description of the different

directories found here:

* animation - dynamic plots, see the tutorial at

http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Animations

* api - working with the matplotlib API directory. See the

doc/artist_api_tut.txt in the matplotlib src directory ((PDF at

http://matplotlib.sf.net/pycon)

* data - some data files we use in the examples

* event_handling - how to interact with your figure, mouse presses,

key presses, object picking, etc. See the event handling tutorial

in the "doc" directory of the source distribution (PDF at

http://matplotlib.sf.net/pycon)

* misc - some miscellaneous examples. some demos for loading and

working with record arrays

* pylab - the interface to matplotlib similar to matlab

* tests - tests used by matplotlib developers to check functionality

* units - working with unit data an custom types in matplotlib

* user_interfaces - using matplotlib in a GUI application, eg

TkInter, WXPython, pygtk, pyqt or FLTK widgets