minor docstring fixes

svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=2069

lib/matplotlib/axes.py

@@ -315,25 +315,18 @@ def _grab_next_args(self, *args, **kwargs):
             #yield self._plot_2_args(remaining[:2])
             #remaining=args[2:]
 
-BinOpType=type(zero())
+ValueType=type(zero())
 def makeValue(v):
-    if type(v) == BinOpType:
+    if type(v) == ValueType:
         return v
     else:
         return Value(v)
 
 
 class Axes(Artist):
     """
-    Emulate matlab's (TM) axes command, creating axes with
-
-       Axes(position=[left, bottom, width, height])
-
-    where all the arguments are fractions in [0,1] which specify the
-    fraction of the total figure window.
-
-    axisbg is the color of the axis background
-
+    The Axes contains most of the figure elements: Axis, Tick, Line2D,
+    Text, Polygon etc, and sets the coordinate system
     """
 
     scaled = {IDENTITY : 'linear',
@@ -682,7 +675,7 @@ def cla(self):
         self._gridOn = rcParams['axes.grid']
         self.lines = []
         self.patches = []
-        self.texts = []     # text in axis coords
+        self.texts = []     
         self.tables = []
         self.artists = []
         self.images = []

lib/matplotlib/figure.py

@@ -383,11 +383,12 @@ def add_axes(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Add an a axes with axes rect [left, bottom, width, height] where all
         quantities are in fractions of figure width and height.  kwargs are
-        legal Axes kwargs plus"polar" which sets whether to create a polar axes
+        legal Axes kwargs plus "polar" which sets whether to create a polar axes
 
-            add_axes((l,b,w,h))
-            add_axes((l,b,w,h), frameon=False, axisbg='g')
-            add_axes((l,b,w,h), polar=True)
+            rect = l,b,w,h
+            add_axes(rect)
+            add_axes(rect, frameon=False, axisbg='g')
+            add_axes(rect, polar=True)
             add_axes(ax)   # add an Axes instance
 
 
@@ -396,11 +397,11 @@ def add_axes(self, *args, **kwargs):
         behavior, eg you want to force the creation of a new axes, you must
         use a unique set of args and kwargs.  The artist "label" attribute has
         been exposed for this purpose.  Eg, if you want two axes that are
-        otherwise identical to be added to the axes, make sure you give them
+        otherwise identical to be added to the figure, make sure you give them
         unique labels:
 
-            add_axes((l,b,w,h), label='1')
-            add_axes((l,b,w,h), label='2')
+            add_axes(rect, label='axes1')
+            add_axes(rect, label='axes2')
 
         The Axes instance will be returned
         """
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ def clear(self):
 
     def draw(self, renderer):
         """
-        Render the figure using RendererGD instance renderer
+        Render the figure using Renderer instance renderer
         """
         # draw the figure bounding box, perhaps none for white figure
         #print 'figure draw'

matplotlibrc.template

@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ font.monospace      : Andale Mono, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Nimbus Mono L, Cour
 # information on text properties
 text.color          : black
 text.usetex         : False  # use latex for all text handling.  See http://matplotlib.sf.net/matplotlib.texmanager.html
-text.dvipnghack     : False
+text.dvipnghack     : False  # some versions of dvipng don't handle
+                             # alpha channel properly.  Use True to correct and flush
+                             # ~/.matplotlib/tex.cache before testing
 
 ### AXES
 # default face and edge color, default tick sizes,