pyplot figure finalizer; accept 2-len AVec for limits (#289); sleep/skip/only options in test_examples

src/axes.jl

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ function axis_limits(axis::Axis, should_widen::Bool = default_should_widen(axis)
     ex = axis[:extrema]
     amin, amax = ex.emin, ex.emax
     lims = axis[:lims]
-    if isa(lims, Tuple) && length(lims) == 2
+    if (isa(lims, Tuple) || isa(lims, AVec)) && length(lims) == 2
         if isfinite(lims[1])
             amin = lims[1]
         end

src/backends/pyplot.jl

@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ function _create_backend_figure(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend})
         PyPlot.gcf()
     else
         PyPlot.figure()
+        finalizer(fig, close)
     end
 
     # clear the figure

src/examples.jl

@@ -325,11 +325,13 @@ function test_examples(pkgname::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, disp = true)
 end
 
 # generate all plots and create a dict mapping idx --> plt
-function test_examples(pkgname::Symbol; debug = false, disp = true)
+function test_examples(pkgname::Symbol; debug = false, disp = true, sleep = nothing,
+                                        skip = [], only = nothing)
   Plots._debugMode.on = debug
   plts = Dict()
   for i in 1:length(_examples)
-
+    only != nothing && !(i in only) && continue
+    i in skip && continue
     try
       plt = test_examples(pkgname, i, debug=debug, disp=disp)
       plts[i] = plt
@@ -337,6 +339,9 @@ function test_examples(pkgname::Symbol; debug = false, disp = true)
       # TODO: put error info into markdown?
       warn("Example $pkgname:$i:$(_examples[i].header) failed with: $ex")
     end
+    if sleep != nothing
+        Base.sleep(sleep)
+    end
   end
   plts
 end