autoload dataframes

docs/example_generation.jl

@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ function buildReadme()
   f = open(readme_fn, "w")
   write(f, readme)
   close(f)
+
+  gadfly()
+  Plots.dumpSupportGraphs()
 end
 
 # run it!

src/Plots.jl

@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ Base.display(::Base.REPL.REPLDisplay, ::MIME"text/plain", plt::PlottingObject) =
 function __init__()
   global const CURRENT_BACKEND = pickDefaultBackend()
   println("[Plots.jl] Default backend: ", CURRENT_BACKEND.sym)
+
+  # auto init dataframes if the import statement doesn't error out
+  try
+    @eval import DataFrames
+    dataframes()
+  end
 end
 
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