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Significant revisions to the documentation as well.
- BVR

2011-07-07 Added compatibility with IPython strategy for picking
a version of Qt4 support, and an rcParam for making
the choice explicitly: backend.qt4. - EF

2011-07-07 Modified AutoMinorLocator to improve automatic choice of
the number of minor intervals per major interval, and
to allow one to specify this number via a kwarg. - EF

2011-06-28 3D versions of scatter, plot, plot_wireframe, plot_surface,
bar3d, and some other functions now support empty inputs. - BVR

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2011-06-22 Add axes.labelweight parameter to set font weight to axis
labels - MGD.

2011-06-20 Add pause function to pyplot. - EF

2011-06-16 Added *bottom* keyword parameter for the stem command.
Also, implemented a legend handler for the stem plot.
- JJL

2011-06-16 Added legend.frameon rcParams. - Mike Kaufman

2011-05-31 Made backend_qt4 compatible with PySide . - Gerald Storer

2011-04-17 Disable keyboard auto-repeat in qt4 backend by ignoring
key events resulting from auto-repeat. This makes
constrained zoom/pan work. - EF
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This page just covers the highlights -- for the full story, see the
`CHANGELOG <http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/_static/CHANGELOG>`_

.. note::
Matplotlib version 1.1 is the last major release compatible with Python
versions 2.4 to 2.7. The next major release will support
versions 2.6, 2.7, and 3.1 and higher.

.. _whats-new-1-1:

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Animation
---------

Ryan May invested significant effort to create a backend-independent
Ryan May has written a backend-independent
framework for creating animated figures. The :mod:`~matplotlib.animation`
module is intended to replace the difficult-to-understand,
backend-specific examples that used to exist in the :ref:`examples-index`
listings.
module is intended to replace the
backend-specific examples formerly in the :ref:`examples-index`
listings. Examples using the new framework are in
:ref:`animation-examples-index`.

This framework should be considered a beta feature for matplotlib, but
we highly encourage users to try it out and provide feedback.

Check out the :ref:`animation-examples-index` and try them out!
This should be considered as a beta release of the framework;
please try it and provide feedback.


Tight Layout
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:ref:`plotting-guide-tight-layout` has been created to show how to use
this new tool.

Full IPython 0.11 compatibility
-------------------------------
PyQT4, PySide, and IPython
--------------------------

Gerald Storer made the Qt4 backend compatible with PySide as
well as PyQT4. At present, however, PySide does not support
the PyOS_InputHook mechanism for handling gui events while
waiting for text input, so it cannot be used with the new
version 0.11 of `IPython <http://ipython.org>`_. Until this
feature appears in PySide, IPython users should use
the PyQT4 wrapper for QT4, which remains the matplotlib default.

An rcParam entry, "backend.qt4", has been added to allow users
to select PyQt4, PyQt4v2, or PySide. The latter two use the
Version 2 Qt API. In most cases, users can ignore this rcParam
variable; it is available to aid in testing, and to provide control
for users who are embedding matplotlib in a PyQt4 or PySide app.

The `IPython <http://ipython.org>`_ team has recently released v0.11 of
their interactive python shell. The matplotlib and IPython teams worked
to ensure that our packages work well together. This release of matplotlib
is fully compatible with ipython.

Legend
------

Jae-Joon Lee has also been working on revamping how plot legends are handled
in matplotlib. This has resulted in some immediate enhancements. First,
Jae-Joon Lee has improved plot legends. First,
legends for complex plots such as :meth:`~matplotlib.pyplot.stem` plots
will now display correctly. Second, the 'best' placement of a legend has
been improved in the presence of NANs.
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* An error in the Hammer projection has been fixed.

* *clabel* for :meth:`~matplotlib.pyplot.contour` now accepts a callable.
Thanks to Daniel Hyams for the original patch!
Thanks to Daniel Hyams for the original patch.

* Jae-Joon Lee added the :class:`~mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.axes_divider.HBox`
and :class:`~mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.axes_divider.VBox` classes.

* Christoph Gohike improved memory usage in :meth:`~matplotlib.pyplot.imshow`.
* Christoph Gohlke reduced memory usage in :meth:`~matplotlib.pyplot.imshow`.

* :meth:`~matplotlib.pyplot.scatter` now accepts empty inputs.

* The behavior for 'symlog' scale has been fixed, but this may result
in some minor changes to existing plots.

* Peter Butterworth added named figure support to
:func:`~matplotlib.pyplot.figure`.

* Michiel de Hoon has modified the MacOSX backend to make
its interactive behavior consistent with the other backends.

* Many bug fixes and documentation improvements.

.. _whats-new-1-0:

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