users guide and htdocs updates

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit e25ff2bd4c63 · 2007-05-27T21:32:25.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=3311
diff --git a/CODING_GUIDE b/CODING_GUIDE
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ and standards.  Please edit and extend this document.
 
 == svn checkouts ==
 
+# checking out the main src 
 svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/matplotlib/trunk/matplotlib matplotlib
 
+# checking out everything (toolkits, user's guide, htdocs, etc..)
+svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/matplotlib/trunk matplotlib
+
 == Committing changes ==
 
 When committing changes to matplotlib, there are a few things to bear
diff --git a/examples/ellipse_demo.py b/examples/ellipse_demo.py
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-from pylab import *
+from pylab import figure, show, nx
 from matplotlib.patches import Ellipse
+rand = nx.mlab.rand
 
 NUM = 250
 
-ells = [Ellipse(rand(2)*10, rand(), rand(), rand()*360) for i in xrange(NUM)]
+ells = [Ellipse(xy=rand(2)*10, width=rand(), height=rand(), angle=rand()*360)
+        for i in xrange(NUM)]
 
-a = subplot(111, aspect='equal')
+fig = figure()
+ax = fig.add_subplot(111, aspect='equal')
 for e in ells:
-    a.add_artist(e)
-    e.set_clip_box(a.bbox)
+    ax.add_artist(e)
+    e.set_clip_box(ax.bbox)
     e.set_alpha(rand())
     e.set_facecolor(rand(3))
 
-xlim(0, 10)
-ylim(0, 10)
+ax.set_xlim(0, 10)
+ax.set_ylim(0, 10)
+
+fig.savefig('../figures/ellipse_demo.eps')
+fig.savefig('../figures/ellipse_demo.png')
 
-savefig('ellipse_demo')
 show()
