I'm curious about the term 'threading backend'.
Recently I posted a question about how to handle slow plots, suggesting
that the backend canvas have an isabort() method so that the renderer
can stop what it is doing and post the current bitmap as it stands.
This is to support interactive operation
Hi,
I would like to be able to use matplotlib as an object canvas, where
items on the canvas receive mouse events (enter, leave, press, release)
and the registered callback is invoked.
For example, I want to be able to highlight the line associated with
the legend entry as I mouse over the legend
