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GeezerVison is showing github.com — Allow swapping the underlying rendering backend. by anntzer · Pull Request #23 · ipython/matplotlib-inline

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@anntzer anntzer commented Feb 5, 2023 •
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This patch implements backend_inline.set_rendering_backend, such that set_rendering_backend("foo") behaves as if calling matplotlib.use("foo"), which allows selecting an alternative rendering backend.

In matplotlib itself, the only relevant alternative rendering backend is cairo, which is generally less feature-ful than agg, but there are also third-party backends, such as mplcairo
(set_rendering_backend("module://mplcairo.base")) which provide e.g. improved text rendering for complex scripts (Arabic, Hebrew) and different compositing options.

See e.g. matplotlib/mplcairo#45 (but to test this without installing mplcairo, simply try set_rendering_backend("cairo")).

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anntzer force-pushed the srb branch from d52b7c8 to 2b4a17c Compare February 5, 2023 15:21
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anntzer commented Mar 4, 2023

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Kindly bumping?
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anntzer force-pushed the srb branch from 974d50c to a0e77e9 Compare December 9, 2023 23:15
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Allow swapping the underlying rendering backend.
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This patch implements backend_inline.set_rendering_backend, such that
`set_rendering_backend("foo")` behaves as if calling
`matplotlib.use("foo")`, which allows selecting an alternative rendering
backend.

In matplotlib itself, the only relevant alternative rendering backend is
cairo, which is generally less feature-ful than agg, but there are also
third-party backends, such as mplcairo
(`set_rendering_backend("module://mplcairo.base")`) which provide e.g.
improved text rendering for complex scripts (Arabic, Hebrew) and
different compositing options.
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anntzer force-pushed the srb branch from a0e77e9 to ad0b2f9 Compare October 29, 2025 10:37

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