ANN matplotlib-0.30 - matlab style python plotting

[John Hunter]

matplotlib is a 2D plotting package for python with a matlab
compatible syntax and output tested under linux and windows platforms.

matplotlib-0.30 is available for download at
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net, and has many new features since the
last major release.

Multiple outputs

  matplotlib now supports postscript and GD output, as well as the
  traditional GTK backend.  The postscript backend goes a long way
  towards the goal of acheiving publication quality output.  The GD
  backend allows you to use matplotlib even in environments with no X
  server, such as for a web application server serving dynamic charts.

Log scaling
  
   With the help of Andrew Straw, matplotlib now has log axis
   capabilities, with new commands semilogx, semilogy and loglog
   See http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html#log_shot

Legends

  With the help of Charles R. Twardy, matplotlib now has a matlab
  compatible legend command. See
  http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html#legend_demo

Numerous bug fixes and minor additions

  DPI parameter allows multiple output resolutions with correct
  scaling
  
  Several bug fixes in GTK interactive mode using
  examples/interactive2.py

  Multiple ways to specify colors, including matlab compatible format
  strings, RGB tuples, and html-style hex color strings

  Rewrite of line class for much greater compatibility with matlab
  handle graphics commands and flexibility in choosing line styles and
  markers

See http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html for screenshots
and http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/whats_new.html for more detailed
information on what's new.

John Hunter