Re: [matplotlib-devel] Suggestions for the MatPlotLib documentation

[Christoph G. <cg...@uc...>]

On 8/6/2014 10:04 AM, Benjamin Root wrote:
> In your wiki, you stated that you replaced the Introduction section with
> a "Orgins of Matplotlib" section instead. However, I am completely
> unaware of a section named that way. Can you be more specific?
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Gary Setter <gar...@ya...
> <mailto:gar...@ya...>> wrote:
>
>     I uploaded a version of the documentation to MatplotlibAsHtmlHelp
>     <http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlibashtmlhelp/> I made some
>     changes and tried to explain why on the projects Wiki. Again thank
>     you for all the help..
>     Gary
>     	
>     image <http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlibashtmlhelp/>
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>     MatplotlibAsHtmlHelp
>     <http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlibashtmlhelp/>
>     MatPlotLib documentation as Html Help
>     View on sourceforge.net
>     <http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlibashtmlhelp/>
>     	

The "Orgins of Matplotlib" section in Gary's CHM file contains the 
following paragraph from the "Introduction" page at 
<http://matplotlib.org/dev/users/intro.html>:

"""
When I went searching for a Python plotting package, I had several 
requirements:

     Plots should look great - publication quality. One important 
requirement for me is that the text looks good (antialiased, etc.)
     Postscript output for inclusion with TeX documents
     Embeddable in a graphical user interface for application development
     Code should be easy enough that I can understand it and extend it
     Making plots should be easy

Finding no package that suited me just right, I did what any 
self-respecting Python programmer would do: rolled up my sleeves and 
dived in.
"""

Christoph