What's new in matplotlib 0.41
http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib
Pcolor optimizations
Several optimizations have improved the performance of pcolor across
all backends, 4x performance boost on the GTK backend. Still, slow,
but getting tolerable.
PS save from GTK backend
An alpha version of the PS export functionality from the GTK
backend. Mostly works with a few known problems. You can simply
call savefig('somefile.ps') or use the PS extension when saving from
the GUI. [Matthew - still haven't gotten to the problems you
reported but it's still on the list of things to do!]
Bug fixes
Fixed bugs in semilogy and in setting dashes under some versions of
Numeric
bar takes (optional) multiple color args
You can now pass bar a len(x) list of color args to have bars with
different colors.
Enjoy!
John Hunter