@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ Writing examples
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325325We have hundreds of examples in subdirectories of
326- file:`matplotlib/examples `, and these are automatically
326+ : file:matplotlib/examples `, and these are automatically
327327generated when the website is built to show up both in the `examples
328328<http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/index.html> `_ and `gallery
329329<http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/gallery.html> `_ sections of the
@@ -349,6 +349,17 @@ object::
349349 print 'datafile', datafile
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352+ Writing a new pyplot function
353+ =============================
354+ 355+ The :mod: `matplotlib.pyplot ` module can be thought of as combination of some
356+ manually written and some autogenerated functions. Modifications can be made
357+ to pyplot where the function definition does not explicitly state otherwise
358+ and autogenerated functions can be modified by changing, and subsequently
359+ runnning, the :file: `boilerplate.py ` script which will re-generate the complete
360+ pyplot module inplace, keeping all of the manual content.
361+ 362+ 352363Testing
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