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Clarify that the pgf backend is never actually used interactively.#28085

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Clarify that the pgf backend is never actually used interactively.#28085
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@anntzer anntzer commented Apr 16, 2024

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This should clarify the misunderstanding at #28084 (where this block of docs is explicitly quoted).

Also, as a side point, this would be a decent use of a "qtpdf" ("qtpgfpdf"?) backend as suggested in #27913 (comment), where we export as pdf and rely on qt's QPdfView to render the figure. I guess in the meantime we could even just use pgf's png export (pdf->png via pdftocairo or ghostscript) and use that to create an interactive backend...

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@github-actions github-actions Bot added Documentation: user guide files in galleries/users_explain or doc/users and removed backend: pgf labels Apr 16, 2024
@timhoffm timhoffm merged commit d9210df into matplotlib:main Apr 16, 2024
@anntzer anntzer deleted the pgfinteractive branch April 16, 2024 15:58
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QuLogic commented Apr 22, 2024

@meeseeksdev backport to v3.9.x

@QuLogic QuLogic added this to the v3.9.0 milestone Apr 22, 2024
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Backport PR #28085 on branch v3.9.x (Clarify that the pgf backend is never actually used interactively.)
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