Many thanks for the feedback. So ,my first cut was to segregate the user guide by topic. Below is the summary I had in mind for an Introduction for New Users.
Hopefully this gives a flavour of what I have in mind. I will attempt to put this into practice and post again when I have a user guide coded that might work in my view. mark Introducing Plotting with Matplotlib Pyplot tutorial Controlling line properties Working with multiple figures and axes Working with text Interactive navigation Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts Working with text Text introduction Basic text commands Text properties and layout Writing mathematical expressions Text rendering With LaTeX Annotating text Image tutorial Startup commands Importing image data into Numpy arrays Plotting numpy arrays as images Customizing Location of Subplot Using GridSpec Basic Example of using subplot2grid GridSpec and SubplotSpec Adjust GridSpec layout GridSpec using SubplotSpec A Complex Nested GridSpec using SubplotSpec GridSpec with Varying Cell Sizes Legend guide What to be displayed Multicolumn Legend Legend location Multiple Legend Legend of Complex Plots Annotating Axes Annotating with Text with Box Annotating with Arrow Placing Artist at the anchored location of the Axes Using Complex Coordinate with Annotation Using ConnectorPatch Zoom effect between Axes Define Custom BoxStyle Our Favorite Recipes Sharing axis limits and views Easily creating subplots Fixing common date annoyances Fill Between and Alpha Transparent, fancy legends Placing text boxes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60133471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel