What's new in matplotlib 0.74
basic unicode support in *Agg and PS
See examples/unicode_demo.py. Unicode strings are rendered in the
agg and postscript backends. Currently, all the symbols in the
unicode string have to be in the active font file. In later
releases we'll try and support symbols from multiple ttf files in
one string. No support yet for unicode ttf filenames
Auto-legends
The automatic placement of legends is now supported with loc='best';
see examples/legend_auto.py. We did this at the matplotlib sprint
at pycon -- Thanks John Gill and Phil! Note that your legend will
move if you interact with your data and you force data under the
legend line. If this is not what you want, use a designated
location code.
Quiver (direction fields)
Ludovic Aubry contributed a patch for the matlab compatible quiver
method. This makes a direction field with arrows. See
examples/quiver_demo.py
boxplot
David Haas contributed a matlab-compatible boxplot function -- see
examples/boxplot_demo.py. This currently returns all the boxplot
boxes, whiskers, flyer points, etc as a list of lines. This will
soon be refactored to return multiple lists so that the different
elements can be more readily configured.
Hubble data example
Perry Greenfield of STScIcontributed this nice example showing
Hubble data with overlayed
contours. http://matplotlib.sf.net/screenshots.html#hstdemo
minor enhancements and bug-fixes
Some ticker locations bugs were fixed including a problem causing a
memory error in psd, an ellipse bug in backend ps that was causing
errant lines was fixed, svg text enhanced, added label kwarg to axes
constructor to support creation of otherwise identical axes, fixed
the NULL string pointer causing some Japanses fonts to segfault mpl
Downloads at http://matplotlib.sf.net
JDH