modules = (
'matplotlib.afm',
'matplotlib.artist',
'matplotlib.axes',
'matplotlib.axis',
'matplotlib.backend_bases',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_agg',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_cairo',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_fltkagg',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_gtkcairo',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_gd',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_gtk',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_gtkagg',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_paint',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_ps',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_svg',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_emf',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_template',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_qt',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_qtagg',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_wx',
'matplotlib.backends.backend_wxagg',
'matplotlib.cbook',
'matplotlib.cm',
'matplotlib.collections',
'matplotlib.colors',
'matplotlib.dates',
'matplotlib.figure',
'matplotlib.finance',
'matplotlib.font_manager',
'matplotlib.ft2font',
'matplotlib.image',
'matplotlib.legend',
'matplotlib.lines',
'matplotlib.mathtext',
'matplotlib.mlab',
'matplotlib.numerix',
'matplotlib.patches',
'matplotlib.pylab',
'matplotlib.table',
'matplotlib.texmanager',
'matplotlib.text',
'matplotlib.ticker',
'matplotlib.toolkits.basemap.basemap',
'matplotlib.transforms',
'matplotlib.widgets',
)
def get_mpl_commands():
"""
return value is a list of (header, commands) where commands is a
list of (func, desc)
"""
import matplotlib.pylab
plot_commands = []
# parse the header for the commands provided commands
import inspect
for line in inspect.getsourcelines(matplotlib.pylab)[0]:
line = line.strip()
if not len(line): continue
if line.startswith('__end'): break
if line.startswith('_'):
header = line[1:].strip()
these = []
plot_commands.append((header, these))
continue
tup = line.split('-', 1)
if len(tup)!=2: continue
func, desc = tup
func = func.strip()
desc = desc.strip()
these.append((func, desc))
return plot_commands
