From ea17f66ad71d25f513dbe089d4a76a4935416fb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas A Caswell Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 19:18:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #26038: subsubsection titles for backend tables --- doc/users/explain/backends.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/users/explain/backends.rst b/doc/users/explain/backends.rst index 9b188048de50..b56de0f10307 100644 --- a/doc/users/explain/backends.rst +++ b/doc/users/explain/backends.rst @@ -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): @@ -151,6 +154,10 @@ Cairo png, ps, raster_ or vector_ graphics -- using the Cairo_ library 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