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updated installation faq, added to glossary
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‎doc/faq/installing_faq.rst‎

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Here is a summary of the matplotlib renderers (there is an eponymous
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Renderer Filetypes Description
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AGG png :term:`raster graphics` -- high quality images using the `Anti-Grain Geometry`_ engine
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PS ps, eps :term:`vector graphics` -- Postscript_ output
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PDF pdf :term:`vector graphics` -- `Portable Document Format`_
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SVG svg :term:`vector graphics` -- `Scalable Vector Graphics`_
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Cairo png, ps, pdf, svn, ... :term:`vector graphics` -- `Cairo graphics`_
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GDK png, jpg, tiff, ... :term:`raster graphics` -- the `Gimp Drawing Kit`_ for GTK
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Renderer Filetypes Description
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:term:`AGG` :term:`png` :term:`raster graphics` -- high quality images
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using the `Anti-Grain Geometry`_ engine
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PS :term:`ps` :term:`vector graphics` -- Postscript_ output
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:term:`eps`
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PDF :term:`pdf` :term:`vector graphics` --
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`Portable Document Format`_
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SVG :term:`svg` :term:`vector graphics` --
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`Scalable Vector Graphics`_
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:term:`Cairo` :term:`png` :term:`vector graphics` --
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:term:`ps` `Cairo graphics`_
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:term:`pdf`
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:term:`svg`
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...
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:term:`GDK` :term:`png` :term:`raster graphics` --
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:term:`jpg` the `Gimp Drawing Kit`_
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:term:`tiff`
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And here are the user interfaces and renderer combinations supported:
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Backend Description
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GTKAgg Agg rendering to a GTK canvas (requires PyGTK_)
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GTK GDK rendering to a GTK canvas (not recommended) (requires PyGTK_)
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GTKCairo Cairo rendering to a GTK Canvas (requires PyGTK_)
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WXAgg Agg rendering to to a wxWidgets canvas (requires wxPython_)
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WX Native wxWidgets drawing to a wxWidgets Canvas (not recommended) (requires wxPython_)
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TkAgg Agg rendering to a Tk canvas (requires TkInter_)
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QtAgg Agg rendering to a Qt canvas (requires PyQt_)
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Qt4Agg Agg rendering to a Qt4 canvas (requires PyQt4_)
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FLTKAgg Agg rendering to a FLTK canvas (requires pyFLTK_)
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GTKAgg Agg rendering to a :term:`GTK` canvas (requires PyGTK_)
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GTK GDK rendering to a :term:`GTK` canvas (not recommended)
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(requires PyGTK_)
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GTKCairo Cairo rendering to a :term:`GTK` Canvas (requires PyGTK_)
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WXAgg Agg rendering to to a :term:`wxWidgets` canvas
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(requires wxPython_)
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WX Native :term:`wxWidgets` drawing to a :term:`wxWidgets` Canvas
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(not recommended) (requires wxPython_)
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TkAgg Agg rendering to a :term:`Tk` canvas (requires TkInter_)
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QtAgg Agg rendering to a :term:`Qt` canvas (requires PyQt_)
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Qt4Agg Agg rendering to a :term:`Qt4` canvas (requires PyQt4_)
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FLTKAgg Agg rendering to a :term:`FLTK` canvas (requires pyFLTK_)
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.. _`Anti-Grain Geometry`: http://www.antigrain.com/
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.. _Postscript: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript

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The Anti-Grain Geometry rendering engine, capable of rendering
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high-quality images.
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Cairo
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The Cairo graphics engine
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EPS
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Encapsulated Postscript
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FLTK
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FLTK (pronounced "fulltick") is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit for
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UNIX/Linux (X11), Microsoft Windows, and MacOS X
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GDK
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The Gimp Drawing Kit for GTK+
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GTK
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The GTK graphical user interface library
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JPG
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A compression method and file format for photographic images
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PDF
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Adobe's Portable Document Format
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PNG
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PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics, a raster graphics format that
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employs lossless data compression which is more suitable for line art
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than the lossy jpg format. Unlike the gif format, png is not encumbered
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by requirements for a patent license.
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PS
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Postscript
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Qt
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Qt is a cross-platform application framework for desktop and embedded
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development.
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Qt4
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Qt4 is the most recent version of Qt cross-platform application framework
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for desktop and embedded development.
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raster graphics
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Raster graphics, or bitmaps, represent an image as an array of pixels
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which is resolution dependent. Raster graphics are generally most
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SVG
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The Scalable Vector Graphics format.
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Tagged Image File Format
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Tk
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Tk is a graphical user interface for Tcl and many other dynamic
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languages. It can produce rich, native applications that run unchanged
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A cross-platform GUI and tools library for GTK, MS Windows, and MacOS.
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The use of geometrical primitives based upon mathematical equations to
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