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Expand Up @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ private (not in the system `PATH`) Julia Python distribution (via
Miniconda), then PyPlot will automatically install Matplotlib as needed.

If you are installing PyCall and PyPlot for the first time, just do `ENV["PYTHON"]=""` before running `Pkg.add("PyPlot")`. Otherwise, you can reconfigure PyCall to use Conda via:
```
```julia
ENV["PYTHON"]=""
Pkg.build("PyCall")
```
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(which also includes `ipython` and other IJulia dependencies).

Otherwise, you can use the [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) package manager:
```
```sh
brew install python gcc freetype pyqt
brew link --force freetype
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
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[matplotlib.pyplot](http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html) API.
For example:

```
```julia
using PyPlot
# use x = linspace(0,2*pi,1000) in Julia 0.6
x = range(0; stop=2*pi, length=1000); y = sin.(3 * x + 4 * cos.(2 * x));
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On the other hand, you may wish to use one of the Python Matplotlib
backends to open an interactive window for each plot (for interactive
zooming, panning, etcetera). You can do this at any time by running:
```
```julia
pygui(true)
```
to turn on the Python-based GUI (if possible) for subsequent plots,
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force a specific toolkit to be chosen by importing the PyCall module
and using its `pygui` function to set a Python backend *before*
importing PyPlot:
```
```julia
using PyCall
pygui(gui)
using PyPlot
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We also export the Matlab-like synonyms `surf` for `plot_surface` (or
`plot_trisurf` for 1d-array arguments) and `mesh` for
`plot_wireframe`. For example, you can do:
```
```julia
surf(rand(30,40))
```
to plot a random 30×40 surface mesh.
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be constructed via `L"...."` without escaping backslashes or dollar
signs. For example, one can simply write `L"$\alpha + \beta$"` for the
abovementioned equation, and thus you can do things like:
```
```jl
title(L"Plot of $\Gamma_3(x)$")
```
If your string contains *only* equations, you can omit the dollar
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which have the advantage of being resolution-independent (so that they
display without pixellation at high-resolutions, for example if you
convert an IJulia notebook to PDF), by running:
```
```julia
PyPlot.svg(true)
```
This is not the default because SVG plots in the browser are much
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## Modifying matplotlib.rcParams
You can mutate the `rcParams` dictionary that Matplotlib uses for global parameters following this example:
```jl
```julia
rcParams = PyPlot.PyDict(PyPlot.matplotlib."rcParams")
rcParams["font.size"] = 15
```
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