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Expand Up @@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ point to this point" and hence are scale free. Raster backends
generate a pixel representation of the line whose accuracy depends on a
DPI setting.

Static backends
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here is a summary of the Matplotlib renderers (there is an eponymous
backend for each; these are *non-interactive backends*, capable of
writing to a file):
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To save plots using the non-interactive backends, use the
``matplotlib.pyplot.savefig('filename')`` method.


Interactive backends
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

These are the user interfaces and renderer combinations supported;
these are *interactive backends*, capable of displaying to the screen
and using appropriate renderers from the table above to write to
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