Usage — Matplotlib 2.0.2 documentation

General Concepts¶ matplotlib has an extensive codebase that can be daunting to many new users. However, most of matplotlib can be understood with a fairly simple conceptual framework and knowledge of a few important points. Plotting requires action on a range of levels, from the most general (e.g., ‘contour this 2-D array’) to the most specific (e.g., ‘color this screen pixel red’). The purpose of

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Parts of Figure の名称説明図とか入っているので困った時に役に立つはず

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デフォルトのバックエンドはPyQt5

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matplotlibのバックエンド

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“There are two types of backends: user interface backends (for use in pygtk, wxpython, tkinter, qt4, or macosx; also referred to as “interactive backends”) and hardcopy backends to make image files (PNG, SVG, PDF, PS; also referred to as “non-interactive backends”)”

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Matplotlib, pylab, and pyplotの関係について