Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/v1.3.x'

Author: tacaswell

lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4agg.py

@@ -72,6 +72,22 @@ def __init__(self, figure):
         self.rect = []
         self.blitbox = None
         self.setAttribute(QtCore.Qt.WA_OpaquePaintEvent)
+        # it has been reported that Qt is semi-broken in a windows
+        # environment.  If `self.draw()` uses `update` to trigger a
+        # system-level window repaint (as is explicitly advised in the
+        # Qt documentation) the figure responds very slowly to mouse
+        # input.  The work around is to directly use `repaint`
+        # (against the advice of the Qt documentation).  The
+        # difference between `update` and repaint is that `update`
+        # schedules a `repaint` for the next time the system is idle,
+        # where as `repaint` repaints the window immediately.  The
+        # risk is if `self.draw` gets called with in another `repaint`
+        # method there will be an infinite recursion.  Thus, we only
+        # expose windows users to this risk.
+        if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+            self._priv_update = self.repaint
+        else:
+            self._priv_update = self.update
 
     def drawRectangle(self, rect):
         self.rect = rect
@@ -154,7 +170,7 @@ def draw(self):
         # causes problems with code that uses the result of the
         # draw() to update plot elements.
         FigureCanvasAgg.draw(self)
-        self.update()
+        self._priv_update()
 
     def blit(self, bbox=None):
         """

lib/matplotlib/figure.py

@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ def set_size_inches(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         set_size_inches(w,h, forward=False)
 
-        Set the figure size in inches
+        Set the figure size in inches (1in == 2.54cm)
 
         Usage::
 
@@ -653,6 +653,11 @@ def set_size_inches(self, *args, **kwargs):
         from the shell
 
         ACCEPTS: a w,h tuple with w,h in inches
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+
+        :func:`~matplotlib.Figure.get_size_inches`
         """
 
         forward = kwargs.get('forward', False)
@@ -673,7 +678,21 @@ def set_size_inches(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 manager.resize(int(canvasw), int(canvash))
 
     def get_size_inches(self):
-        return self.bbox_inches.p1
+        """
+        Returns the current size of the figure in inches (1in == 2.54cm)
+        as an numpy array.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        size : ndarray
+           The size of the figure in inches
+
+        See Also
+        --------
+
+        :func:`~matplotlib.Figure.set_size_inches`
+        """
+        return np.array(self.bbox_inches.p1)
 
     def get_edgecolor(self):
         'Get the edge color of the Figure rectangle'