diff --git a/docs/example_generation.jl b/docs/example_generation.jl
index b8916f0e..ac5e02c2 100644
--- a/docs/example_generation.jl
+++ b/docs/example_generation.jl
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const examples = PlotExample[
               [
                 :(y = rand(10)),
                 :(plot(y, ann=(3,y[3],"this is #3"))),
-                :(annotate!([(5,y[5],"this is #5"),(8.4,y[10],"this is #10")]))
+                :(annotate!([(5,y[5],"this is #5"),(9,y[10],"this is #10")]))
               ]),
   
 ]
diff --git a/src/backends/gadfly.jl b/src/backends/gadfly.jl
index 4fa93d0e..9b6db620 100644
--- a/src/backends/gadfly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gadfly.jl
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ gadfly() = backend(:gadfly)
 supportedArgs(::GadflyPackage) = [
     :annotation,
     :args,
-    :axis,
+    # :axis,
     :background_color,
     :color,
     :fillto,
-    :foreground_color,
+    # :foreground_color,
     :group,
     # :heatmap_c,
     :kwargs,
diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index c261e273..a6838a8a 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -8,7 +8,48 @@ pyplot() = backend(:pyplot)
 
 # -------------------------------
 
-supportedArgs(::PyPlotPackage) = setdiff(_allArgs, [:reg, :heatmap_c, :fillto, :pos, :xlims, :ylims, :xticks, :yticks])
+# supportedArgs(::PyPlotPackage) = setdiff(_allArgs, [:reg, :heatmap_c, :fillto, :pos, :xlims, :ylims, :xticks, :yticks])
+supportedArgs(::PyPlotPackage) = [
+    :annotation,
+    :args,
+    :axis,
+    :background_color,
+    :color,
+    # :fillto,
+    :foreground_color,
+    :group,
+    # :heatmap_c,
+    :kwargs,
+    :label,
+    :layout,
+    :legend,
+    :linestyle,
+    :linetype,
+    :marker,
+    :markercolor,
+    :markersize,
+    :n,
+    :nbins,
+    :nc,
+    :nr,
+    # :pos,
+    # :reg,
+    # :ribbon,
+    :show,
+    :size,
+    :title,
+    :width,
+    :windowtitle,
+    :x,
+    :xlabel,
+    # :xlims,
+    # :xticks,
+    :y,
+    :ylabel,
+    # :ylims,
+    :yrightlabel,
+    # :yticks,
+  ]
 supportedAxes(::PyPlotPackage) = _allAxes
 supportedTypes(::PyPlotPackage) = [:none, :line, :path, :step, :stepinverted, :sticks, :scatter, :heatmap, :hexbin, :hist, :bar]
 supportedStyles(::PyPlotPackage) = [:auto, :solid, :dash, :dot, :dashdot]
diff --git a/src/backends/qwt.jl b/src/backends/qwt.jl
index 45a77e7a..cf6ea216 100644
--- a/src/backends/qwt.jl
+++ b/src/backends/qwt.jl
@@ -6,7 +6,48 @@ immutable QwtPackage <: PlottingPackage end
 export qwt
 qwt() = backend(:qwt)
 
-supportedArgs(::QwtPackage) = setdiff(_allArgs, [:xlims, :ylims, :xticks, :yticks])
+# supportedArgs(::QwtPackage) = setdiff(_allArgs, [:xlims, :ylims, :xticks, :yticks])
+supportedArgs(::QwtPackage) = [
+    :annotation,
+    :args,
+    :axis,
+    :background_color,
+    :color,
+    :fillto,
+    :foreground_color,
+    :group,
+    :heatmap_c,
+    :kwargs,
+    :label,
+    :layout,
+    :legend,
+    :linestyle,
+    :linetype,
+    :marker,
+    :markercolor,
+    :markersize,
+    :n,
+    :nbins,
+    :nc,
+    :nr,
+    :pos,
+    :reg,
+    # :ribbon,
+    :show,
+    :size,
+    :title,
+    :width,
+    :windowtitle,
+    :x,
+    :xlabel,
+    # :xlims,
+    # :xticks,
+    :y,
+    :ylabel,
+    # :ylims,
+    :yrightlabel,
+    # :yticks,
+  ]
 supportedTypes(::QwtPackage) = [:none, :line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, :sticks, :scatter, :heatmap, :hexbin, :hist, :bar]
 supportedMarkers(::QwtPackage) = [:none, :auto, :rect, :ellipse, :diamond, :utriangle, :dtriangle, :cross, :xcross, :star1, :star2, :hexagon]
 
diff --git a/src/backends/template.jl b/src/backends/template.jl
index aa1acd42..d0199b7d 100644
--- a/src/backends/template.jl
+++ b/src/backends/template.jl
@@ -10,7 +10,48 @@ export [pkgname]
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-supportedArgs(::[PkgName]Package) = _allArgs
+# supportedArgs(::[PkgName]Package) = _allArgs
+supportedArgs(::[PkgName]Package) = [
+    :annotation,
+    :args,
+    :axis,
+    :background_color,
+    :color,
+    :fillto,
+    :foreground_color,
+    :group,
+    # :heatmap_c,
+    :kwargs,
+    :label,
+    :layout,
+    :legend,
+    :linestyle,
+    :linetype,
+    :marker,
+    :markercolor,
+    :markersize,
+    :n,
+    :nbins,
+    :nc,
+    :nr,
+    # :pos,
+    :reg,
+    # :ribbon,
+    :show,
+    :size,
+    :title,
+    :width,
+    :windowtitle,
+    :x,
+    :xlabel,
+    :xlims,
+    :xticks,
+    :y,
+    :ylabel,
+    :ylims,
+    # :yrightlabel,
+    :yticks,
+  ]
 supportedAxes(::[PkgName]Package) = _allAxes
 supportedTypes(::[PkgName]Package) = _allTypes
 supportedStyles(::[PkgName]Package) = _allStyles
diff --git a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
index 62ad5f21..ae4f21eb 100644
--- a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
@@ -8,7 +8,48 @@ unicodeplots() = backend(:unicodeplots)
 
 # -------------------------------
 
-supportedArgs(::UnicodePlotsPackage) = setdiff(_allArgs, [:reg, :heatmap_c, :fillto, :pos, :xlims, :ylims, :xticks, :yticks])
+# supportedArgs(::UnicodePlotsPackage) = setdiff(_allArgs, [:reg, :heatmap_c, :fillto, :pos, :xlims, :ylims, :xticks, :yticks])
+supportedArgs(::UnicodePlotsPackage) = [
+    # :annotation,
+    # :args,
+    # :axis,
+    # :background_color,
+    # :color,
+    # :fillto,
+    # :foreground_color,
+    :group,
+    # :heatmap_c,
+    # :kwargs,
+    :label,
+    # :layout,
+    :legend,
+    :linestyle,
+    :linetype,
+    :marker,
+    # :markercolor,
+    # :markersize,
+    # :n,
+    :nbins,
+    # :nc,
+    # :nr,
+    # :pos,
+    # :reg,
+    # :ribbon,
+    :show,
+    :size,
+    :title,
+    :width,
+    :windowtitle,
+    :x,
+    :xlabel,
+    # :xlims,
+    # :xticks,
+    :y,
+    :ylabel,
+    # :ylims,
+    # :yrightlabel,
+    # :yticks,
+  ]
 supportedAxes(::UnicodePlotsPackage) = [:auto, :left]
 supportedTypes(::UnicodePlotsPackage) = [:none, :line, :path, :steppost, :sticks, :scatter, :heatmap, :hexbin, :hist, :bar]
 supportedStyles(::UnicodePlotsPackage) = [:auto, :solid]
diff --git a/src/backends/winston.jl b/src/backends/winston.jl
index 547cbc24..b66272f6 100644
--- a/src/backends/winston.jl
+++ b/src/backends/winston.jl
@@ -30,7 +30,48 @@ const winston_marker = Dict(:none=>".",
                            )
 
 
-supportedArgs(::WinstonPackage) = setdiff(_allArgs, [:heatmap_c, :fillto, :pos, :markercolor, :background_color, :xlims, :ylims, :xticks, :yticks])
+# supportedArgs(::WinstonPackage) = setdiff(_allArgs, [:heatmap_c, :fillto, :pos, :markercolor, :background_color, :xlims, :ylims, :xticks, :yticks])
+supportedArgs(::WinstonPackage) = [
+    :annotation,
+    # :args,
+    # :axis,
+    # :background_color,
+    :color,
+    :fillto,
+    # :foreground_color,
+    :group,
+    # :heatmap_c,
+    # :kwargs,
+    :label,
+    # :layout,
+    :legend,
+    :linestyle,
+    :linetype,
+    :marker,
+    :markercolor,
+    :markersize,
+    # :n,
+    :nbins,
+    # :nc,
+    # :nr,
+    # :pos,
+    :reg,
+    # :ribbon,
+    :show,
+    :size,
+    :title,
+    :width,
+    :windowtitle,
+    :x,
+    :xlabel,
+    # :xlims,
+    # :xticks,
+    :y,
+    :ylabel,
+    # :ylims,
+    # :yrightlabel,
+    # :yticks,
+  ]
 supportedAxes(::WinstonPackage) = [:auto, :left]
 supportedTypes(::WinstonPackage) = [:none, :line, :path, :sticks, :scatter, :hist, :bar]
 supportedStyles(::WinstonPackage) = intersect(_allStyles, collect(keys(winston_linestyle)))