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Revision: 8370
          http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=8370&view=rev
Author:   efiring
Date:     2010-06-02 21:56:39 +0000 (Wed, 02 Jun 2010)

Log Message:
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api_changes.rst: updated for Axes methods added in April

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    trunk/matplotlib/doc/api/api_changes.rst

Modified: trunk/matplotlib/doc/api/api_changes.rst
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--- trunk/matplotlib/doc/api/api_changes.rst	2010-06-02 20:41:10 UTC (rev 8369)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/doc/api/api_changes.rst	2010-06-02 21:56:39 UTC (rev 8370)
@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@
 Changes beyond 0.99.x
 =====================
 
+* There are three new Axes methods with corresponding pyplot
+  functions to facilitate autoscaling, tick location, and tick
+  label formatting:
+
+  + :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.margins` sets margins used to
+    autoscale the :attr:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.viewLim` based on
+    the :attr:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.dataLim`.
+
+  + :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.locator_params` allows one to
+    adjust axes locator parameters such as *nbins*.
+
+  + :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.ticklabel_format` is a convenience
+    method for controlling the :class:`matplotlib.ticker.ScalarFormatter`
+    that is used by default with linear axes.
+
 * The :meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar` method accepts a *error_kw*
   kwarg; it is a dictionary of kwargs to be passed to the
   errorbar function.


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