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DOC: User's Guide needs section for contouring and pcolor-like plots #7116
Certainly! The structure and content of the docs have changed quite a bit since I opened this issue (which I completely forgot about). I suggest that you start with a rough outline to specify the information you would like to add, and what section or sections it would go in, given the current structure of the docs. I'm guessing it would mainly be in one or more tutorials.
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I think this is still a gap. Of course we have added plot types, a section to the Quick Start Guide, and the Axes documentation has sections for contour and 2d arrays.
I think the User Guide could have a major section, between "Axes" and "Artists" that has the main visualization types broken out and introduced relatively carefully. Probably should follow a similar order to the Axes API reference.
Hi I'm a new contributor to Matplotlib and would like to take this documentation issue. I'd appreciate any guidance or suggestions on where to begin. Thank you.
@sahil-11116 thanks for your interest. Discussion on the topic has moved on meanwhile. This is a special case of the larger topic on how to present and teach plotting functions in the user guide, which is discussed in detail in #31496 and #29124.
I claim that the linked issue and PR cover this issue and therefore close here.
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soma2000-lang commentedon Jan 27, 2022
@efiring Can I work on this??
efiring commentedon Jan 27, 2022
Certainly! The structure and content of the docs have changed quite a bit since I opened this issue (which I completely forgot about). I suggest that you start with a rough outline to specify the information you would like to add, and what section or sections it would go in, given the current structure of the docs. I'm guessing it would mainly be in one or more tutorials.
github-actions commentedon Nov 3, 2023
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jklymak commentedon Nov 3, 2023
I think this is still a gap. Of course we have added plot types, a section to the Quick Start Guide, and the Axes documentation has sections for contour and 2d arrays.
I think the User Guide could have a major section, between "Axes" and "Artists" that has the main visualization types broken out and introduced relatively carefully. Probably should follow a similar order to the Axes API reference.
story645 commentedon Nov 3, 2023
I'd suggest the plot types gallery ordering b/c then we could link to each of those sections as the see also.
sahil-11116 commentedon Jul 23, 2026
Hi I'm a new contributor to Matplotlib and would like to take this documentation issue. I'd appreciate any guidance or suggestions on where to begin. Thank you.
timhoffm commentedon Jul 23, 2026
@sahil-11116 thanks for your interest. Discussion on the topic has moved on meanwhile. This is a special case of the larger topic on how to present and teach plotting functions in the user guide, which is discussed in detail in #31496 and #29124.
I claim that the linked issue and PR cover this issue and therefore close here.