matplotlib · NelleV · Jun 22, 2018 · Jun 22, 2018 · QuLogic · Jun 22, 2018
diff --git a/examples/user_interfaces/pylab_with_gtk_sgskip.py b/examples/user_interfaces/pylab_with_gtk_sgskip.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """
-==============
-Pylab With GTK
-==============
+===============
+Pyplot With GTK
+===============
 
-An example of how to use pylab to manage your figure windows, but
+An example of how to use pyplot to manage your figure windows, but
 modify the GUI by accessing the underlying gtk widgets
 """
 import matplotlib

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 Modules include:
 
     :mod:`matplotlib.axes`
-        defines the :class:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes` class.  Most pylab
+        defines the :class:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes` class.  Most pyplot
         commands are wrappers for :class:`~matplotlib.axes.Axes`
         methods.  The axes module is the highest level of OO access to
         the library.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         a function for setting the matplotlib backend.  If used, this
         function must be called immediately after importing matplotlib
         for the first time.  In particular, it must be called
-        **before** importing pylab (if pylab is imported).
+        **before** importing pyplot (if pyplot is imported).
 
 matplotlib was initially written by John D. Hunter (1968-2012) and is now
 developed and maintained by a host of others.

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_template.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_template.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
   import matplotlib
   matplotlib.use('xxx')
-  from pylab import *
-  plot([1,2,3])
+  import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+  plt.plot([1,2,3])
   show()
 
 matplotlib also supports external backends, so you can place you can
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def draw_if_interactive():
 def show(block=None):
     """
     For image backends - is not required
-    For GUI backends - show() is usually the last line of a pylab script and
+    For GUI backends - show() is usually the last line of a pyplot script and
     tells the backend that it is time to draw.  In interactive mode, this may
     be a do nothing func.  See the GTK backend for an example of how to handle
     interactive versus batch mode

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ def colorbar(self, mappable, cax=None, ax=None, use_gridspec=True, **kw):
         """
         Create a colorbar for a ScalarMappable instance, *mappable*.
 
-        Documentation for the pylab thin wrapper:
+        Documentation for the pyplot thin wrapper:
         %(colorbar_doc)s
         """
         if ax is None:

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py b/lib/matplotlib/mlab.py
@@ -841,15 +841,15 @@ def _single_spectrum_helper(x, mode, Fs=None, window=None, pad_to=None,
         The function applied to each segment before fft-ing,
         designed to remove the mean or linear trend.  Unlike in
         MATLAB, where the *detrend* parameter is a vector, in
-        matplotlib is it a function.  The :mod:`~matplotlib.pylab`
-        module defines :func:`~matplotlib.pylab.detrend_none`,
-        :func:`~matplotlib.pylab.detrend_mean`, and
-        :func:`~matplotlib.pylab.detrend_linear`, but you can use
+        matplotlib is it a function.  The :mod:`~matplotlib.mlab`
+        module defines :func:`~matplotlib.mlab.detrend_none`,
+        :func:`~matplotlib.mlab.detrend_mean`, and
+        :func:`~matplotlib.mlab.detrend_linear`, but you can use
         a custom function as well.  You can also use a string to choose
         one of the functions.  'default', 'constant', and 'mean' call
-        :func:`~matplotlib.pylab.detrend_mean`.  'linear' calls
-        :func:`~matplotlib.pylab.detrend_linear`.  'none' calls
-        :func:`~matplotlib.pylab.detrend_none`.
+        :func:`~matplotlib.mlab.detrend_mean`.  'linear' calls
+        :func:`~matplotlib.mlab.detrend_linear`.  'none' calls
+        :func:`~matplotlib.mlab.detrend_none`.
 
     scale_by_freq : bool, optional
         Specifies whether the resulting density values should be scaled

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -2117,7 +2117,7 @@ def plotfile(fname, cols=(0,), plotfuncs=None,
     columns.
 
     *comments*, *skiprows*, *checkrows*, *delimiter*, and *names*
-    are all passed on to :func:`matplotlib.pylab.csv2rec` to
+    are all passed on to :func:`matplotlib.mlab.csv2rec` to
     load the data into a record array.
 
     If *newfig* is *True*, the plot always will be made in a new figure;

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/quiver.py b/lib/matplotlib/quiver.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def __init__(self, ax, *args,
         """
         The constructor takes one required argument, an Axes
         instance, followed by the args and kwargs described
-        by the following pylab interface documentation:
+        by the following pyplot interface documentation:
         %s
         """
         self.ax = ax
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ def __init__(self, ax, *args,
         """
         The constructor takes one required argument, an Axes
         instance, followed by the args and kwargs described
-        by the following pylab interface documentation:
+        by the following pyplot interface documentation:
         %(barbs_doc)s
         """
         self.sizes = sizes or dict()

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py b/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py
@@ -1332,18 +1332,13 @@ class MultiCursor(Widget):
     Example usage::
 
         from matplotlib.widgets import MultiCursor
-        from pylab import figure, show, np
+        import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+        import numpy as np
 
+        fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(nrows=2, sharex=True)
         t = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)
-        s1 = np.sin(2*np.pi*t)
-        s2 = np.sin(4*np.pi*t)
-        fig = figure()
-        ax1 = fig.add_subplot(211)
-        ax1.plot(t, s1)
-
-
-        ax2 = fig.add_subplot(212, sharex=ax1)
-        ax2.plot(t, s2)
+        ax1.plot(t, np.sin(2*np.pi*t))
+        ax2.plot(t, np.sin(4*np.pi*t))
 
         multi = MultiCursor(fig.canvas, (ax1, ax2), color='r', lw=1,
                             horizOn=False, vertOn=True)

diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/colorbar.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/colorbar.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class ColorbarBase(cm.ScalarMappable):
     Draw a colorbar in an existing axes.
 
     This is a base class for the :class:`Colorbar` class, which is the
-    basis for the :func:`~matplotlib.pyplot.colorbar` method and pylab
+    basis for the :func:`~matplotlib.pyplot.colorbar` method and pyplot
     function.
 
     It is also useful by itself for showing a colormap.  If the *cmap*
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ def colorbar(mappable, cax=None, ax=None, **kw):
     """
     Create a colorbar for a ScalarMappable instance.
 
-    Documentation for the pylab thin wrapper:
+    Documentation for the pyplot thin wrapper:
 
     %s
     """

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ def run(self):
         Matplotlib strives to produce publication quality 2D graphics
         for interactive graphing, scientific publishing, user interface
         development and web application servers targeting multiple user
-        interfaces and hardcopy output formats.  There is a 'pylab' mode
-        which emulates MATLAB graphics.
+        interfaces and hardcopy output formats.
         """,
         license="BSD",
         packages=packages,