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-matplotlib event handling
-=========================
-
-matplotlib supports event handling with a GUI neutral event model.  So
-you can connect to matplotlib events w/o knowledge of what user
-interface matplotlib will ultimately be plugged in to.  This has two
-advantages: the code you write will be more portable, and matplotlib
-events are aware of things like data coordinate space and which axes
-the event occurs in so you don't have to mess with low level
-transformation details to go from canvas space to data space.  Object
-picking examples are also included.
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 Event Handling
 ==============
+
+Matplotlib supports event handling with a GUI neutral event model, so
+you can connect to Matplotlib events without knowledge of what user
+interface Matplotlib will ultimately be plugged in to.  This has two
+advantages: the code you write will be more portable, and Matplotlib
+events are aware of things like data coordinate space and which axes
+the event occurs in so you don't have to mess with low level
+transformation details to go from canvas space to data space.  Object
+picking examples are also included.