On 4/23/2014 2:41 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > On 2014/04/23 11:19 AM, Michael Mossey wrote: >> I'm sorry, these are questions that could be found in the Axes >> documentation, but I really don't feel like scrolling through 100 pages >> that are irrelevant hoping I can find the relevant functions, which I >> don't even know what they are called. Is there ever going to be a >> concise listing of functions? Also there seem to be a lot of > PRs for doc improvements are welcome! > >> undocumented functions related to bounding boxes and copying from the >> background--I had to find Stack Overflow examples to learn about those. > Doesn't the search box in the html docs help? Or just plain browser > searching when you are looking at the Axes API docs? > > I also find that ipython is very helpful, with tab completion and the > question mark for getting the doc string. E.g., make an axes object and > then use tab completion to see the methods that start with auto, and > follow with a question mark to see the docstring. Or a double question > mark to see the code.
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try them. I working with WinPython so I think I already have ipython and Spyder to help me. Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
