Add the merge of JSAnimation to what's new.

dopplershift · dopplershift · commit 0657c02a803f · 2015-07-31T22:13:39.000-05:00
diff --git a/doc/users/whats_new.rst b/doc/users/whats_new.rst
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ Display hook for animations in the IPython notebook
 `matplotlib.animation.Animation` instances gained a ``_repr_html_`` method
 to support inline display of animations in the notebook. The method used
 to display is controlled by the ``animation.html`` rc parameter, which
-currently supports values of ``none`` and ``html5``. ``none`` is the
-default, performing no display. ``html5`` converts the animation to an
-h264 encoded video, which is embedded directly in the notebook.
+currently supports values of ``none``, ``jshtml``, and ``html5``. ``none``
+is the default, performing no display. ``html5`` converts the animation to an
+h264 encoded video, which is embedded directly in the notebook. 
 
 Users not wishing to use the ``_repr_html_`` display hook can also manually
 call the `to_html5_video` method to get the HTML and display using
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ IPython's ``HTML`` display class::
     from IPython.display import HTML
     HTML(anim.to_html5_video())
 
+Jake Vanderplas' JSAnimation package was also merged into matplotlib. This
+adds to matplotlib the ``matplotlib.animation.HTMLWriter`` class for
+generating a javascript HTML animation, suitable for the IPython notebook.
+This can be activated by default by setting the ``animation.html`` rc
+parameter to ``jshtml``. One can also call the ``anim_to_jshtml`` function
+to manually convert an animation. This can be displayed using IPython's
+``HTML`` display class::
+
+    from IPython.display import HTML
+    HTML(animation.anim_to_jshtml(anim))
+
 
 .. _whats-new-1-4:
 
