Re: [Matplotlib-users] First impression from a new user

[Marquardt, Colin]

Title: Re: [Matplotlib-users] First impression from a new user

John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> The function datestr2num takes any date string recognized by
> dateutils.parse (most of them) and returns a floating point number
> days since 0000-00-00 which is how matplotlib represents dates.

Wow, matplotlib is even cooler than I thought :)

Let me report some small issues I found (not meant as a rant):

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.dates.html refers
to https://moin.conectiva.com.br/DateUtil but this page now resides
at http://labix.org/python-dateutil.

Also, you are using some parameters (usecols, unpack) to load() that
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.pylab.html#-load doesn't
know about.

The links for "matplotlib._pylab_helpers", "matplotlib.backends and
"matplotlib" in the "Modules" section of
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.pylab.html don't work.

> We have steps too!
>
>   plot(x, y, linestyle='steps')

Oh, I must have overlooked that. I need to remember that
users_guide_0.87.1.pdf doesn't cover everything...

Thanks,
  Colin