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Merge pull request matplotlib#1463 from mdboom/doc_gtk3
Document the Gtk3 backends
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Backend Description
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GTKAgg Agg rendering to a :term:`GTK` canvas (requires PyGTK_)
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GTK GDK rendering to a :term:`GTK` canvas (not recommended)
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GTKAgg Agg rendering to a :term:`GTK` 2.x canvas (requires PyGTK_)
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GTK3Agg Agg rendering to a :term:`GTK` 3.x canvas (requires PyGObject_)
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GTK GDK rendering to a :term:`GTK` 2.x canvas (not recommended)
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(requires PyGTK_)
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GTKCairo Cairo rendering to a :term:`GTK` Canvas (requires PyGTK_)
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GTKCairo Cairo rendering to a :term:`GTK` 2.x canvas (requires PyGTK_
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and pycairo_)
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GTK3Cairo Cairo rendering to a :term:`GTK` 3.x canvas (requires PyGObject_
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and pycairo_)
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WXAgg Agg rendering to to a :term:`wxWidgets` canvas
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(requires wxPython_)
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WX Native :term:`wxWidgets` drawing to a :term:`wxWidgets` Canvas
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(not recommended) (requires wxPython_)
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TkAgg Agg rendering to a :term:`Tk` canvas (requires TkInter_)
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QtAgg Agg rendering to a :term:`Qt` canvas (requires PyQt_)
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(not recommended; use Qt4Agg)
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(deprecated; use Qt4Agg)
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Qt4Agg Agg rendering to a :term:`Qt4` canvas (requires PyQt4_)
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FLTKAgg Agg rendering to a :term:`FLTK` canvas (requires pyFLTK_)
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(not widely used; consider TKAgg, GTKAgg, WXAgg, or
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.. _`Cairo graphics`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(graphics)
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.. _`Gimp Drawing Kit`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDK
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.. _PyGTK: http://www.pygtk.org
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.. _PyGObject: https://live.gnome.org/PyGObject
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.. _pycairo: http://www.cairographics.org/pycairo/
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.. _wxPython: http://www.wxpython.org/
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.. _TkInter: http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter
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.. _PyQt: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/intro
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or generating a new set of figures. In that case, use
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:func:`~matplotlib.pyplot.show` to display the figure(s) and
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to block execution until you have manually destroyed them.
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