Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: double click support in matplotlib

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Sunday, October 23, 2011, Daniel Hyams <dh...@gm...> wrote:
> I added double click support in, here in the following issue report:
>
> https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/550
>
> I did use the extra flag in MouseEvent, but I can change this to a
> separate event if all think that it is appropriate; I still favor the
> flag for backwards compatibility.  All backends are done except for
> cocoagg; see the issue report above for details.

Thanks, I will look deeper into it tommorow.  I am curious about what you
mean by backwards compatibility?  How do you see having a new event type
cause issues?

Ben Root