[Doc]: finding the simple example

[rcomer]

Documentation Link

https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/index#animation

Problem

I recently had need to make a line animation so went looking in the examples to remind myself how. I clicked on a few and thought "that's more complicated than I need" before finding the actual simple one which was all I needed. Someone less familiar with the library may well not realise there is a simpler way to do something than the first example they clicked. I wonder if there is a way we could highlight the most basic cases, so someone knows to start there.

Suggested improvement

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[jklymak]

Is the one here ok? https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/animations/animations.html

[rcomer]

@jklymak yes, thanks that one would also have been fine. A simple update without needing a separate init_func or creating a class. I must admit I didn't think to look in the User Guide. Perhaps my real problem is that I haven't updated my browsing habits since the ~recent work in there...

[story645]

Perhaps my real problem is that I haven't updated my browsing habits since the ~recent work in there..

I think most folks go to the examples first for a variety of reasons, so independent of the user guide we should make the simplest line animation examples easier to find. Easy fixes might be:

1. Change title to include "simple"
2. Change file name so it gets positioned first (we might also be able to swing it by adding it to the manual sorting list)
3. Add "level: beginner" tags so folks can evaluate based on a skim of tags