Added documentation changes for matplotlib#2136

lennart0901 · Oct 19, 2014 · e5211f1 · e5211f1
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diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/collections.py b/lib/matplotlib/collections.py
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@ def set_linestyle(self, ls):
         """
         Set the linestyle(s) for the collection.
 
-        ACCEPTS: ['solid' | 'dashed', 'dashdot', 'dotted' |
+        ACCEPTS: [ '-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' |
+        'solid' | 'dashed', 'dashdot', 'dotted' |
         (offset, on-off-dash-seq) ]
         """
         try:

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
@@ -915,17 +915,17 @@ def set_linestyle(self, linestyle):
         Set the linestyle of the line (also accepts drawstyles)
 
 
-        ================    =================
-        linestyle           description
-        ================    =================
-        ``'-'``             solid
-        ``'--'``            dashed
-        ``'-.'``            dash_dot
-        ``':'``             dotted
-        ``'None'``          draw nothing
-        ``' '``             draw nothing
-        ``''``              draw nothing
-        ================    =================
+        ================              =================
+        linestyle                     description
+        ================              =================
+        ``'-'`` or ``'solid'``        solid line
+        ``'--'`` or  ``'dashed'``     dashed line
+        ``'-.'`` or  ``'dash_dot'``   dash-dotted line
+        ``':'`` or ``'dotted'``       dotted line
+        ``'None'``                    draw nothing
+        ``' '``                       draw nothing
+        ``''``                        draw nothing
+        ================              =================
 
         'steps' is equivalent to 'steps-pre' and is maintained for
         backward-compatibility.
@@ -935,10 +935,10 @@ def set_linestyle(self, linestyle):
             :meth:`set_drawstyle`
                To set the drawing style (stepping) of the plot.
 
-        ACCEPTS: [``'-'`` | ``'--'`` | ``'-.'`` | ``':'`` | ``'None'`` |
-                  ``' '`` | ``''``]
-
-        and any drawstyle in combination with a linestyle, e.g., ``'steps--'``.
+        ACCEPTS: [``'-'`` | ``'--'`` | ``'-.'`` | ``':'`` |
+                  ``'solid'`` | ``'dashed'`` | ``'dash_dot'`` | ``'dotted'`` |
+                  ``'None'`` | ``' '`` | ``''``]
+                 and any drawstyle in combination with a linestyle, e.g., ``'steps--'``.
         """
         if not is_string_like(linestyle):
             if len(linestyle) != 2:

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/patches.py
@@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ def set_linestyle(self, ls):
         """
         Set the patch linestyle
 
-        ACCEPTS: ['solid' | 'dashed' | 'dashdot' | 'dotted']
+        ACCEPTS: ['-' | '--' | '-.' | ':' |
+        'solid' | 'dashed' | 'dashdot' | 'dotted' |
+        (offset, on-off-dash-seq) ]
         """
         if ls is None:
             ls = "solid"