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Merge pull request #3156 from tacaswell/qt5_whatsnew
DOC : added whats_new entry for Qt5 backend
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Backends
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Qt5 backend
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Martin Fitzpatrick and Tom Badran implemented a Qt5 backend. The differences
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in namespace locations between Qt4 and Qt5 was dealt with by shimming
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Qt4 to look like Qt5, thus the Qt5 implementation is the primary implementation.
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Backwards compatibility for Qt4 is maintained by wrapping the Qt5 implementation.
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The Qt5Agg backend currently does not work with IPython's %matplotlib magic.
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Qt4 backend
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Rudolf Höfler changed the appearance of the subplottool. All sliders are
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vertically arranged now, buttons for tight layout and reset were
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added. Furthermore, the the subplottool is now implemented as a modal

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