StatPlots --> StatsPlots

Inplace clamp

NEWS.md

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Many updates, min julia 1.0
 - add `reset_defaults()` function to reset plot defaults
 - update syntax to 0.6
 - make `fill = true` fill to 0 rather than to 1
-- use new `@df` syntax in StatPlots examples
+- use new `@df` syntax in StatsPlots examples
 - allow changing the color of legend box
 - implement `title_location` for gr
 - add `hline` marker to pgfplots - fixes errorbars
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ Many updates, min julia 1.0
 - added dependency on PlotThemes
 - set_theme --> theme
 - remove Compat from REQUIRE
-- warning for DataFrames without StatPlots
+- warning for DataFrames without StatsPlots
 - closeall exported and implemented for gr/pyplot
 - fix DateTime recipe
 - reset theme with theme(:none)
@@ -456,8 +456,8 @@ Many updates, min julia 1.0
 #### 0.8.0
 
 - added dependency on PlotUtils
-- BREAKING: removed DataFrames support (now in StatPlots.jl)
-- BREAKING: removed boxplot/violin/density recipes (now in StatPlots.jl)
+- BREAKING: removed DataFrames support (now in StatsPlots.jl)
+- BREAKING: removed boxplot/violin/density recipes (now in StatsPlots.jl)
 - GR:
     - inline iterm2 support
     - trisurface support

REQUIRE

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ JSON
 NaNMath
 Requires
 Contour
-GR 0.35.0
+GR 0.37.0

src/Plots.jl

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _current_plots_version = v"0.20.6"
 using Reexport
 
 import StaticArrays
-using Dates, Printf, Statistics, Base64, LinearAlgebra
+using Dates, Printf, Statistics, Base64, LinearAlgebra, Random
 import SparseArrays: findnz
 
 @reexport using RecipesBase
@@ -186,97 +186,7 @@ include("backends/plotly.jl")
 include("backends/gr.jl")
 include("backends/web.jl")
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------
-
-@shorthands scatter
-@shorthands bar
-@shorthands barh
-@shorthands histogram
-@shorthands barhist
-@shorthands stephist
-@shorthands scatterhist
-@shorthands histogram2d
-@shorthands density
-@shorthands heatmap
-@shorthands plots_heatmap
-@shorthands hexbin
-@shorthands sticks
-@shorthands hline
-@shorthands vline
-@shorthands hspan
-@shorthands vspan
-@shorthands ohlc
-@shorthands contour
-@shorthands contourf
-@shorthands contour3d
-@shorthands surface
-@shorthands wireframe
-@shorthands path3d
-@shorthands scatter3d
-@shorthands boxplot
-@shorthands violin
-@shorthands quiver
-@shorthands curves
-
-"Plot a pie diagram"
-pie(args...; kw...)        = plot(args...; kw...,  seriestype = :pie, aspect_ratio = :equal, grid=false, xticks=nothing, yticks=nothing)
-pie!(args...; kw...)       = plot!(args...; kw..., seriestype = :pie, aspect_ratio = :equal, grid=false, xticks=nothing, yticks=nothing)
-
-"Plot with seriestype :path3d"
-plot3d(args...; kw...)     = plot(args...; kw...,  seriestype = :path3d)
-plot3d!(args...; kw...)    = plot!(args...; kw..., seriestype = :path3d)
-
-"Add title to an existing plot"
-title!(s::AbstractString; kw...)                 = plot!(; title = s, kw...)
-
-"Add xlabel to an existing plot"
-xlabel!(s::AbstractString; kw...)                = plot!(; xlabel = s, kw...)
-
-"Add ylabel to an existing plot"
-ylabel!(s::AbstractString; kw...)                = plot!(; ylabel = s, kw...)
-
-"Set xlims for an existing plot"
-xlims!(lims::Tuple{T,S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:Real} = plot!(; xlims = lims, kw...)
-
-"Set ylims for an existing plot"
-ylims!(lims::Tuple{T,S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:Real} = plot!(; ylims = lims, kw...)
-
-"Set zlims for an existing plot"
-zlims!(lims::Tuple{T,S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:Real} = plot!(; zlims = lims, kw...)
-
-xlims!(xmin::Real, xmax::Real; kw...)                     = plot!(; xlims = (xmin,xmax), kw...)
-ylims!(ymin::Real, ymax::Real; kw...)                     = plot!(; ylims = (ymin,ymax), kw...)
-zlims!(zmin::Real, zmax::Real; kw...)                     = plot!(; zlims = (zmin,zmax), kw...)
-
-
-"Set xticks for an existing plot"
-xticks!(v::TicksArgs; kw...) where {T<:Real}                       = plot!(; xticks = v, kw...)
-
-"Set yticks for an existing plot"
-yticks!(v::TicksArgs; kw...) where {T<:Real}                       = plot!(; yticks = v, kw...)
-
-xticks!(
-ticks::AVec{T}, labels::AVec{S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:AbstractString}     = plot!(; xticks = (ticks,labels), kw...)
-yticks!(
-ticks::AVec{T}, labels::AVec{S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:AbstractString}     = plot!(; yticks = (ticks,labels), kw...)
-
-"Add annotations to an existing plot"
-annotate!(anns...; kw...)                                 = plot!(; annotation = anns, kw...)
-annotate!(anns::AVec{T}; kw...) where {T<:Tuple}                 = plot!(; annotation = anns, kw...)
-
-"Flip the current plots' x axis"
-xflip!(flip::Bool = true; kw...)                          = plot!(; xflip = flip, kw...)
-
-"Flip the current plots' y axis"
-yflip!(flip::Bool = true; kw...)                          = plot!(; yflip = flip, kw...)
-
-"Specify x axis attributes for an existing plot"
-xaxis!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; xaxis = args, kw...)
-
-"Specify x axis attributes for an existing plot"
-yaxis!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; yaxis = args, kw...)
-xgrid!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; xgrid = args, kw...)
-ygrid!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; ygrid = args, kw...)
+include("shorthands.jl") 
 
 let PlotOrSubplot = Union{Plot, Subplot}
     global title!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, s::AbstractString; kw...)                  = plot!(plt; title = s, kw...)

src/animation.jl

@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ end
 
 
 
-# write out html to view the gif... note the rand call which is a hack so the image doesn't get cached
+# write out html to view the gif
 function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/html", agif::AnimatedGif)
     ext = file_extension(agif.filename)
     write(io, if ext == "gif"
-        "<img src=\"$(relpath(agif.filename))?$(rand())>\" />"
+        "<img src=\"$(relpath(agif.filename))\" />"
     elseif ext in ("mov", "mp4")
-        "<video controls><source src=\"$(relpath(agif.filename))?$(rand())>\" type=\"video/$ext\"></video>"
+        "<video controls><source src=\"$(relpath(agif.filename)) type=\"video/$ext\"></video>"
     else
         error("Cannot show animation with extension $ext: $agif")
     end)

src/arg_desc.jl

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 const _arg_desc = KW(
 
 # series args
-:label 				=> "String type. The label for a series, which appears in a legend.  If empty, no legend entry is added.",
+:label 			=> "String type. The label for a series, which appears in a legend.  If empty, no legend entry is added.",
 :seriescolor 		=> "Color Type. The base color for this series.  `:auto` (the default) will select a color from the subplot's `color_palette`, based on the order it was added to the subplot",
 :seriesalpha 		=> "Number in [0,1]. The alpha/opacity override for the series.  `nothing` (the default) means it will take the alpha value of the color.",
 :seriestype 		=> "Symbol. This is the identifier of the type of visualization for this series. Choose from $(_allTypes) or any series recipes which are defined.",
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const _arg_desc = KW(
 :linewidth         	=> "Number. Width of the line (in pixels)",
 :linecolor         	=> "Color Type. Color of the line (for path and bar stroke).  `:match` will take the value from `:seriescolor`, (though histogram/bar types use `:black` as a default).",
 :linealpha         	=> "Number in [0,1]. The alpha/opacity override for the line.  `nothing` (the default) means it will take the alpha value of linecolor.",
-:fillrange         	=> "Number or AbstractVector.  Fills area from this to y for line-types, sets the base for bar/stick types, and similar for other types.",
+:fillrange         	=> "Number or AbstractVector.  Fills area between fillrange and y for line-types, sets the base for bar/stick types, and similar for other types.",
 :fillcolor         	=> "Color Type. Color of the filled area of path or bar types.  `:match` will take the value from `:seriescolor`.",
 :fillalpha         	=> "Number in [0,1]. The alpha/opacity override for the fill area.  `nothing` (the default) means it will take the alpha value of fillcolor.",
 :markershape       	=> "Symbol, Shape, or AbstractVector. Choose from $(_allMarkers).",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const _arg_desc = KW(
 :markerstrokewidth 	=> "Number. Width of the marker stroke (border. in pixels)",
 :markerstrokecolor 	=> "Color Type. Color of the marker stroke (border).  `:match` will take the value from `:foreground_color_subplot`.",
 :markerstrokealpha 	=> "Number in [0,1]. The alpha/opacity override for the marker stroke (border).  `nothing` (the default) means it will take the alpha value of markerstrokecolor.",
-:bins              	=> "Integer, NTuple{2,Integer}, AbstractVector or Symbol. Default is :auto (the Freedman-Diaconis rule). For histogram-types, defines the approximate number of bins to aim for, or the auto-binning algorithm to use (:sturges, :sqrt, :rice, :scott or :fd). For fine-grained control pass a Vector of break values, e.g. `range(min(x), stop = extrema(x), length = 25)`",
+:bins              	=> "Integer, NTuple{2,Integer}, AbstractVector or Symbol. Default is :auto (the Freedman-Diaconis rule). For histogram-types, defines the approximate number of bins to aim for, or the auto-binning algorithm to use (:sturges, :sqrt, :rice, :scott or :fd). For fine-grained control pass a Vector of break values, e.g. `range(minimum(x), stop = maximum(x), length = 25)`",
 :smooth            	=> "Bool.  Add a regression line?",
 :group             	=> "AbstractVector. Data is split into a separate series, one for each unique value in `group`.",
 :x                 	=> "Various. Input data. First Dimension",
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ const _arg_desc = KW(
 :z                 	=> "Various. Input data. Third Dimension. May be wrapped by a `Surface` for surface and heatmap types.",
 :marker_z          	=> "AbstractVector, Function `f(x,y,z) -> z_value`, or Function `f(x,y) -> z_value`, or nothing. z-values for each series data point, which correspond to the color to be used from a markercolor gradient.",
 :line_z          	=> "AbstractVector, Function `f(x,y,z) -> z_value`, or Function `f(x,y) -> z_value`, or nothing. z-values for each series line segment, which correspond to the color to be used from a linecolor gradient.  Note that for N points, only the first N-1 values are used (one per line-segment).",
-:fill_z           => "Matrix{Float64} of the same size as z matrix, which specifies the color of the 3D surface; the default value is `nothing`.",
-:levels            	=> "Integer, NTuple{2,Integer}. Number of levels (or x-levels/y-levels) for a contour type.",
+:fill_z                 => "Matrix{Float64} of the same size as z matrix, which specifies the color of the 3D surface; the default value is `nothing`.",
+:levels            	=> "Integer, NTuple{2,Integer}, or AbstractVector. Levels or number of levels (or x-levels/y-levels) for a contour type.",
 :orientation       	=> "Symbol.  Horizontal or vertical orientation for bar types.  Values `:h`, `:hor`, `:horizontal` correspond to horizontal (sideways, anchored to y-axis), and `:v`, `:vert`, and `:vertical` correspond to vertical (the default).",
 :bar_position      	=> "Symbol.  Choose from `:overlay` (default), `:stack`.  (warning: May not be implemented fully)",
-:bar_width         	=> "nothing or Number. Width of bars in data coordinates. When nothing, chooses based on x (or y when `orientation = :h`).",
-:bar_edges         	=> "Bool.  Align bars to edges (true), or centers (the default)?",
-:xerror            	=> "AbstractVector or 2-Tuple of Vectors. x (horizontal) error relative to x-value.  If 2-tuple of vectors, the first vector corresponds to the left error (and the second to the right)",
+:bar_width              => "nothing or Number. Width of bars in data coordinates. When nothing, chooses based on x (or y when `orientation = :h`).",
+:bar_edges              => "Bool.  Align bars to edges (true), or centers (the default)?",
+:xerror                 => "AbstractVector or 2-Tuple of Vectors. x (horizontal) error relative to x-value.  If 2-tuple of vectors, the first vector corresponds to the left error (and the second to the right)",
 :yerror            	=> "AbstractVector or 2-Tuple of Vectors. y (vertical) error relative to y-value.  If 2-tuple of vectors, the first vector corresponds to the bottom error (and the second to the top)",
 :ribbon            	=> "Number or AbstractVector.  Creates a fillrange around the data points.",
 :quiver            	=> "AbstractVector or 2-Tuple of vectors.  The directional vectors U,V which specify velocity/gradient vectors for a quiver plot.",
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ const _arg_desc = KW(
 :normalize         	=> "Bool or Symbol. Histogram normalization mode. Possible values are: false/:none (no normalization, default), true/:pdf (normalize to a discrete Probability Density Function, where the total area of the bins is 1), :probability (bin heights sum to 1) and :density (the area of each bin, rather than the height, is equal to the counts - useful for uneven bin sizes).",
 :weights           	=> "AbstractVector. Used in histogram types for weighted counts.",
 :contours          	=> "Bool. Add contours to the side-grids of 3D plots?  Used in surface/wireframe.",
-:contour_labels     => "Bool. Show labels at the contour lines?",
+:contour_labels         => "Bool. Show labels at the contour lines?",
 :match_dimensions  	=> "Bool. For heatmap types... should the first dimension of a matrix (rows) correspond to the first dimension of the plot (x-axis)?  The default is false, which matches the behavior of Matplotlib, Plotly, and others.  Note: when passing a function for z, the function should still map `(x,y) -> z`.",
 :subplot           	=> "Integer (subplot index) or Subplot object.  The subplot that this series belongs to.",
-:series_annotations => "AbstractVector of String or PlotText.  These are annotations which are mapped to data points/positions.",
-:primary            => "Bool.  Does this count as a 'real series'?  For example, you could have a path (primary), and a scatter (secondary) as 2 separate series, maybe with different data (see sticks recipe for an example).  The secondary series will get the same color, etc as the primary.",
-:hover 				=> "nothing or vector of strings. Text to display when hovering over each data point.",
+:series_annotations     => "AbstractVector of String or PlotText.  These are annotations which are mapped to data points/positions.",
+:primary                => "Bool.  Does this count as a 'real series'?  For example, you could have a path (primary), and a scatter (secondary) as 2 separate series, maybe with different data (see sticks recipe for an example).  The secondary series will get the same color, etc as the primary.",
+:hover 	        	=> "nothing or vector of strings. Text to display when hovering over each data point.",
 
 # plot args
 :plot_title               => "String. Title for the whole plot (not the subplots) (Note: Not currently implemented)",
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ const _arg_desc = KW(
 :link                     => "Symbol.  How/whether to link axis limits between subplots. Values: `:none`, `:x` (x axes are linked by columns), `:y` (y axes are linked by rows), `:both` (x and y are linked), `:all` (every subplot is linked together regardless of layout position).",
 :overwrite_figure         => "Bool.  Should we reuse the same GUI window/figure when plotting (true) or open a new one (false).",
 :html_output_format       => "Symbol.  When writing html output, what is the format?  `:png` and `:svg` are currently supported.",
-:inset_subplots 		  => "nothing or vector of 2-tuple (parent,bbox).  optionally pass a vector of (parent,bbox) tuples which are the parent layout and the relative bounding box of inset subplots",
-:dpi 					  => "Number.  Dots Per Inch of output figures",
+:inset_subplots           => "nothing or vector of 2-tuple (parent,bbox).  optionally pass a vector of (parent,bbox) tuples which are the parent layout and the relative bounding box of inset subplots",
+:dpi 			  => "Number.  Dots Per Inch of output figures",
 :thickness_scaling        => "Number. Scale for the thickness of all line elements like lines, borders, axes, grid lines, ... defaults to 1.",
-:display_type 			  => "Symbol (`:auto`, `:gui`, or `:inline`).  When supported, `display` will either open a GUI window or plot inline.",
-:extra_kwargs 			  => "KW (Dict{Symbol,Any}).  Pass a map of extra keyword args which may be specific to a backend.",
+:display_type             => "Symbol (`:auto`, `:gui`, or `:inline`).  When supported, `display` will either open a GUI window or plot inline.",
+:extra_kwargs 	          => "KW (Dict{Symbol,Any}).  Pass a map of extra keyword args which may be specific to a backend.",
 :fontfamily               => "String or Symbol.  Default font family for title, legend entries, tick labels and guides",
 
 # subplot args
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const _arg_desc = KW(
 :legendfont               => "Font. Font of legend items.",
 :annotations              => "(x,y,text) tuple(s).  Can be a single tuple or a list of them.  Text can be String or PlotText (created with `text(args...)`)  Add one-off text annotations at the x,y coordinates.",
 :projection               => "Symbol or String.  '3d' or 'polar'",
-:aspect_ratio             => "Symbol (:equal) or Number. Plot area is resized so that 1 y-unit is the same size as `apect_ratio` x-units.",
+:aspect_ratio             => "Symbol (:equal) or Number. Plot area is resized so that 1 y-unit is the same size as `aspect_ratio` x-units.",
 :margin                   => "Measure (multiply by `mm`, `px`, etc). Base for individual margins... not directly used.  Specifies the extra padding around subplots.",
 :left_margin              => "Measure (multiply by `mm`, `px`, etc) or `:match` (matches `:margin`).  Specifies the extra padding to the left of the subplot.",
 :top_margin               => "Measure (multiply by `mm`, `px`, etc) or `:match` (matches `:margin`).  Specifies the extra padding on the top of the subplot.",
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ const _arg_desc = KW(
 :camera                   => "NTuple{2, Real}. Sets the view angle (azimuthal, elevation) for 3D plots",
 
 # axis args
-:guide     				  => "String. Axis guide (label).",
+:guide     		  => "String. Axis guide (label).",
 :guide_position		  => "Symbol. Position of axis guides: :top, :bottom, :left or :right",
-:lims      				  => "NTuple{2,Number} or Symbol. Force axis limits.  Only finite values are used (you can set only the right limit with `xlims = (-Inf, 2)` for example). `:round` widens the limit to the nearest round number ie. [0.1,3.6]=>[0.0,4.0]",
-:ticks     				  => "Vector of numbers (set the tick values), Tuple of (tickvalues, ticklabels), or `:auto`",
-:scale     				  => "Symbol. Scale of the axis: `:none`, `:ln`, `:log2`, `:log10`",
-:rotation  				  => "Number. Degrees rotation of tick labels.",
-:flip      				  => "Bool.  Should we flip (reverse) the axis?",
-:formatter 				  => "Function, :scientific, :plain or :auto. A method which converts a number to a string for tick labeling.",
+:lims      		  => "NTuple{2,Number} or Symbol. Force axis limits.  Only finite values are used (you can set only the right limit with `xlims = (-Inf, 2)` for example). `:round` widens the limit to the nearest round number ie. [0.1,3.6]=>[0.0,4.0]",
+:ticks     		  => "Vector of numbers (set the tick values), Tuple of (tickvalues, ticklabels), or `:auto`",
+:scale     		  => "Symbol. Scale of the axis: `:none`, `:ln`, `:log2`, `:log10`",
+:rotation  		  => "Number. Degrees rotation of tick labels.",
+:flip      		  => "Bool.  Should we flip (reverse) the axis?",
+:formatter                => "Function, :scientific, :plain or :auto. A method which converts a number to a string for tick labeling.",
 :tickfontfamily           => "String or Symbol. Font family of tick labels.",
 :tickfontsize             => "Integer. Font pointsize of tick labels.",
 :tickfonthalign           => "Symbol. Font horizontal alignment of tick labels: :hcenter, :left, :right or :center",

src/args.jl

@@ -1050,8 +1050,8 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::KW)
 
     # warnings for moved recipes
     st = get(plotattributes, :seriestype, :path)
-    if st in (:boxplot, :violin, :density) && !isdefined(Main, :StatPlots)
-        @warn("seriestype $st has been moved to StatPlots.  To use: \`Pkg.add(\"StatPlots\"); using StatPlots\`")
+    if st in (:boxplot, :violin, :density) && !isdefined(Main, :StatsPlots)
+        @warn("seriestype $st has been moved to StatsPlots.  To use: \`Pkg.add(\"StatsPlots\"); using StatsPlots\`")
     end
 
     return

src/axes.jl

@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ const _widen_seriestypes = (:line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, :sticks, :scatter
 
 function default_should_widen(axis::Axis)
     should_widen = false
-    if !is_2tuple(axis[:lims])
+    if !(is_2tuple(axis[:lims]) || axis[:lims] == :round)
         for sp in axis.sps
             for series in series_list(sp)
                 if series.plotattributes[:seriestype] in _widen_seriestypes

src/backends/gr.jl

@@ -1029,16 +1029,13 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
             else
                 h = series[:levels] > 1 ? range(zmin, stop=zmax, length=series[:levels]) : [(zmin + zmax) / 2]
             end
+            GR.setlinetype(gr_linetype[get_linestyle(series)])
+            GR.setlinewidth(max(0, get_linewidth(series) / (sum(gr_plot_size) * 0.001)))
             if series[:fillrange] != nothing
-                GR.surface(x, y, z, GR.OPTION_CELL_ARRAY)
+                GR.contourf(x, y, h, z, series[:contour_labels] == true ? 1 : 0)
             else
-                GR.setlinetype(gr_linetype[get_linestyle(series)])
-                GR.setlinewidth(max(0, get_linewidth(series) / (sum(gr_plot_size) * 0.001)))
-                if plot_color(series[:linecolor]) == [plot_color(:black)]
-                    GR.contour(x, y, h, z, 0 + (series[:contour_labels] == true ? 1 : 0))
-                else
-                    GR.contour(x, y, h, z, 1000 + (series[:contour_labels] == true ? 1 : 0))
-                end
+                coff = plot_color(series[:linecolor]) == [plot_color(:black)] ? 0 : 1000
+                GR.contour(x, y, h, z, coff + (series[:contour_labels] == true ? 1 : 0))
             end
 
             # create the colorbar of contour levels

src/backends/plotlyjs.jl

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-
-# https://github.com/spencerlyon2/PlotlyJS.jl
+# https://github.com/sglyon/PlotlyJS.jl
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -50,23 +49,11 @@ end
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-function _show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/html", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend})
-    if isijulia() && !_use_remote[]
-        write(io, PlotlyJS.html_body(PlotlyJS.JupyterPlot(plt.o)))
-    else
-        show(io, MIME("text/html"), plt.o)
-    end
-end
-
-function plotlyjs_save_hack(io::IO, plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}, ext::String)
-    tmpfn = tempname() * "." * ext
-    PlotlyJS.savefig(plt.o, tmpfn)
-    write(io, read(open(tmpfn)))
-end
-_show(io::IO, ::MIME"image/svg+xml", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = plotlyjs_save_hack(io, plt, "svg")
-_show(io::IO, ::MIME"image/png", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = plotlyjs_save_hack(io, plt, "png")
-_show(io::IO, ::MIME"application/pdf", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = plotlyjs_save_hack(io, plt, "pdf")
-_show(io::IO, ::MIME"image/eps", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = plotlyjs_save_hack(io, plt, "eps")
+_show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/html", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = show(io, MIME("text/html"), plt.o)
+_show(io::IO, ::MIME"image/svg+xml", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = PlotlyJS.savefig(io, plt.o, format="svg")
+_show(io::IO, ::MIME"image/png", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = PlotlyJS.savefig(io, plt.o, format="png")
+_show(io::IO, ::MIME"application/pdf", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = PlotlyJS.savefig(io, plt.o, format="pdf")
+_show(io::IO, ::MIME"image/eps", plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = PlotlyJS.savefig(io, plt.o, format="eps")
 
 function write_temp_html(plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend})
     filename = string(tempname(), ".html")

src/backends/pyplot.jl

@@ -524,6 +524,68 @@ function py_add_series(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend}, series::Series)
                     extrakw...
                 ))
             end
+            push!(handles, handle)
+        elseif isa(series[:markershape], AbstractVector{Symbol})
+            handle = []
+            x,y = xyargs
+            shapes = series[:markershape]
+
+            prev_marker = py_marker(_cycle(shapes,1))
+
+            cur_x_list = []
+            cur_y_list = []
+
+            cur_color_list = []
+            cur_scale_list = []
+
+            delete!(extrakw, :c)
+
+            for i=1:length(y)
+                cur_marker = py_marker(_cycle(shapes,i))
+
+                if ( cur_marker == prev_marker )
+                  push!(cur_x_list, _cycle(x,i))
+                  push!(cur_y_list, _cycle(y,i))
+
+                  push!(cur_color_list, _cycle(markercolor, i))
+                  push!(cur_scale_list, py_thickness_scale(plt, _cycle(series[:markersize],i) .^ 2))
+
+                  continue
+                end
+
+                push!(handle, ax[:scatter](cur_x_list, cur_y_list;
+                  label = series[:label],
+                  zorder = series[:series_plotindex] + 0.5,
+                  marker = prev_marker,
+                  s = cur_scale_list,
+                  edgecolors = py_markerstrokecolor(series),
+                  linewidths = py_thickness_scale(plt, series[:markerstrokewidth]),
+                  facecolors = cur_color_list,
+                  extrakw...
+                ))
+
+                cur_x_list = [_cycle(x,i)]
+                cur_y_list = [_cycle(y,i)]
+
+                cur_color_list = [_cycle(markercolor, i)]
+                cur_scale_list = [py_thickness_scale(plt, _cycle(series[:markersize],i) .^ 2)]
+
+                prev_marker = cur_marker
+            end
+
+            if !isempty(cur_color_list)
+              push!(handle, ax[:scatter](cur_x_list, cur_y_list;
+                label = series[:label],
+                zorder = series[:series_plotindex] + 0.5,
+                marker = prev_marker,
+                s = cur_scale_list,
+                edgecolors = py_markerstrokecolor(series),
+                linewidths = py_thickness_scale(plt, series[:markerstrokewidth]),
+                facecolors = cur_color_list,
+                extrakw...
+              ))
+            end
+
             push!(handles, handle)
         else
             # do a normal scatter plot
@@ -667,7 +729,7 @@ function py_add_series(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend}, series::Series)
         end
         handle = ax[:imshow](z;
             zorder = series[:series_plotindex],
-            cmap = py_colormap([:black, :white]),
+            cmap = py_colormap(cgrad([:black, :white])),
             vmin = 0.0,
             vmax = 1.0,
             extent = (xmin, xmax, ymax, ymin)
@@ -1152,7 +1214,7 @@ function py_add_annotations(sp::Subplot{PyPlotBackend}, x, y, val::PlotText)
         color = py_color(val.font.color),
         horizontalalignment = val.font.halign == :hcenter ? "center" : string(val.font.halign),
         verticalalignment = val.font.valign == :vcenter ? "center" : string(val.font.valign),
-        rotation = val.font.rotation * 180 / π,
+        rotation = val.font.rotation,
         size = py_thickness_scale(sp.plt, val.font.pointsize),
         zorder = 999
     )
@@ -1188,12 +1250,12 @@ function py_add_legend(plt::Plot, sp::Subplot, ax)
                         linewidth = py_thickness_scale(plt, clamp(get_linewidth(series), 0, 5)),
                         linestyle = py_linestyle(series[:seriestype], get_linestyle(series))
                     )
-                elseif series[:seriestype] in (:path, :straightline)
+                elseif series[:seriestype] in (:path, :straightline, :scatter)
                     PyPlot.plt[:Line2D]((0,1),(0,0),
                         color = py_color(get_linecolor(series, clims), get_linealpha(series)),
                         linewidth = py_thickness_scale(plt, clamp(get_linewidth(series), 0, 5)),
                         linestyle = py_linestyle(:path, get_linestyle(series)),
-                        marker = py_marker(series[:markershape]),
+                        marker = py_marker(first(series[:markershape])),
                         markeredgecolor = py_color(get_markerstrokecolor(series), get_markerstrokealpha(series)),
                         markerfacecolor = series[:marker_z] == nothing ? py_color(get_markercolor(series, clims), get_markeralpha(series)) : py_color(series[:markercolor][0.5])
                     )

src/components.jl

@@ -256,8 +256,24 @@ mutable struct Font
   color::Colorant
 end
 
-"Create a Font from a list of unordered features"
-function font(args...)
+"""
+    font(args...)
+Create a Font from a list of features. Values may be specified either as
+arguments (which are distinguished by type/value) or as keyword arguments.
+# Arguments
+- `family`: AbstractString. "serif" or "sans-serif" or "monospace" 
+- `pointsize`: Integer. Size of font in points
+- `halign`: Symbol. Horizontal alignment (:hcenter, :left, or :right)
+- `valign`: Symbol. Vertical aligment (:vcenter, :top, or :bottom)
+- `rotation`: Real. Angle of rotation for text in degrees (use a non-integer type)
+- `color`: Colorant or Symbol
+# Examples 
+```julia-repl
+julia> font(8)
+julia> font(family="serif",halign=:center,rotation=45.0)
+```
+"""
+function font(args...;kw...)
 
   # defaults
   family = "sans-serif"
@@ -301,6 +317,32 @@ function font(args...)
     end
   end
 
+  for symbol in keys(kw)
+    if symbol == :family
+      family = kw[:family]
+    elseif symbol == :pointsize
+      pointsize = kw[:pointsize]
+    elseif symbol == :halign
+      halign = kw[:halign]
+      if halign == :center
+        halign = :hcenter
+      end
+      @assert halign in (:hcenter, :left, :right)
+    elseif symbol == :valign
+      valign = kw[:valign]
+      if valign == :center
+        valign = :vcenter
+      end
+      @assert valign in (:vcenter, :top, :bottom)
+    elseif symbol == :rotation
+      rotation = kw[:rotation]
+    elseif symbol == :color
+      color = parse(Colorant, kw[:color])
+    else
+      @warn("Unused font kwarg: $symbol")
+    end
+  end
+
   Font(family, pointsize, halign, valign, rotation, color)
 end
 
@@ -344,15 +386,16 @@ end
 PlotText(str) = PlotText(string(str), font())
 
 """
-    text(string, args...)
+    text(string, args...; kw...)
 
-Create a PlotText object wrapping a string with font info, for plot annotations
+Create a PlotText object wrapping a string with font info, for plot annotations. 
+`args` and `kw` are passed to `font`. 
 """
 text(t::PlotText) = t
 text(t::PlotText, font::Font) = PlotText(t.str, font)
 text(str::AbstractString, f::Font) = PlotText(str, f)
-function text(str, args...)
-  PlotText(string(str), font(args...))
+function text(str, args...;kw...)
+  PlotText(string(str), font(args...;kw...))
 end
 
 Base.length(t::PlotText) = length(t.str)

src/plot.jl

@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ end
 function _plot!(plt::Plot, plotattributes::KW, args::Tuple)
     plotattributes[:plot_object] = plt
 
-    if !isempty(args) && !isdefined(Main, :StatPlots) &&
+    if !isempty(args) && !isdefined(Main, :StatsPlots) &&
             first(split(string(typeof(args[1])), ".")) == "DataFrames"
-        @warn("You're trying to plot a DataFrame, but this functionality is provided by StatPlots")
+        @warn("You're trying to plot a DataFrame, but this functionality is provided by StatsPlots")
     end
 
     # --------------------------------

src/recipes.jl

@@ -586,12 +586,12 @@ end
 end
 Plots.@deps stepbins path
 
-wand_edges(x...) = (@warn("Load the StatPlots package in order to use :wand bins. Defaulting to :auto", once = true); :auto)
+wand_edges(x...) = (@warn("Load the StatsPlots package in order to use :wand bins. Defaulting to :auto", once = true); :auto)
 
 function _auto_binning_nbins(vs::NTuple{N,AbstractVector}, dim::Integer; mode::Symbol = :auto) where N
-    _cl(x) = ceil(Int, NaNMath.max(x, one(x)))
+    _cl(x) = ceil(Int, max(x, one(x)))
     _iqr(v) = (q = quantile(v, 0.75) - quantile(v, 0.25); q > 0 ? q : oftype(q, 1))
-    _span(v) = ignorenan_maximum(v) - ignorenan_minimum(v)
+    _span(v) = maximum(v) - minimum(v)
 
     n_samples = length(LinearIndices(first(vs)))
 
@@ -635,11 +635,19 @@ _hist_edges(vs::NTuple{N,AbstractVector}, binning::Union{Integer, Symbol, Abstra
 _hist_norm_mode(mode::Symbol) = mode
 _hist_norm_mode(mode::Bool) = mode ? :pdf : :none
 
+_filternans(vs::NTuple{1,AbstractVector}) = filter!.(isfinite, vs)
+function _filternans(vs::NTuple{N,AbstractVector}) where N
+    _invertedindex(v, not) = [j for (i,j) in enumerate(v) if !(i ∈ not)]
+    nots = union(Set.(findall.(!isfinite, vs))...)
+    _invertedindex.(vs, Ref(nots))
+end
+
 function _make_hist(vs::NTuple{N,AbstractVector}, binning; normed = false, weights = nothing) where N
-    edges = _hist_edges(vs, binning)
+    localvs = _filternans(vs)
+    edges = _hist_edges(localvs, binning)
     h = float( weights == nothing ?
-        StatsBase.fit(StatsBase.Histogram, vs, edges, closed = :left) :
-        StatsBase.fit(StatsBase.Histogram, vs, StatsBase.Weights(weights), edges, closed = :left)
+        StatsBase.fit(StatsBase.Histogram, localvs, edges, closed = :left) :
+        StatsBase.fit(StatsBase.Histogram, localvs, StatsBase.Weights(weights), edges, closed = :left)
     )
     normalize!(h, mode = _hist_norm_mode(normed))
 end

src/series.jl

@@ -323,19 +323,26 @@ end
 
 
 # # images - grays
+function clamp_greys!(mat::AMat{T}) where T<:Gray
+    for i in eachindex(mat)
+        mat[i].val < 0 && (mat[i] = Gray(0))
+        mat[i].val > 1 && (mat[i] = Gray(1))
+    end
+    mat
+end
 
 @recipe function f(mat::AMat{T}) where T<:Gray
     n, m = size(mat)
     if is_seriestype_supported(:image)
         seriestype := :image
         yflip --> true
-        SliceIt, 1:m, 1:n, Surface(mat)
+        SliceIt, 1:m, 1:n, Surface(clamp_greys!(mat))
     else
         seriestype := :heatmap
         yflip --> true
         cbar --> false
         fillcolor --> ColorGradient([:black, :white])
-        SliceIt, 1:m, 1:n, Surface(convert(Matrix{Float64}, mat))
+        SliceIt, 1:m, 1:n, Surface(clamp!(convert(Matrix{Float64}, mat), 0., 1.))
     end
 end
 

src/shorthands.jl

@@ -0,0 +1,455 @@
+"""
+    scatter(x,y)
+    scatter!(x,y)
+
+Make a scatter plot of y vs x. 
+
+# Examples
+```julia-repl 
+julia> scatter([1,2,3],[4,5,6],markersize=[3,4,5],markercolor=[:red,:green,:blue])
+julia> scatter([(1,4),(2,5),(3,6)])
+```
+"""
+@shorthands scatter
+
+"""
+    bar(x,y)
+    bar!(x,y)
+
+Make a bar plot of y vs x. 
+
+# Arguments 
+
+- $(_document_argument("bar_position"))
+- $(_document_argument("bar_width"))
+- $(_document_argument("bar_edges"))
+- $(_document_argument("orientation"))
+
+# Examples
+```julia-repl 
+julia> bar([1,2,3],[4,5,6],fillcolor=[:red,:green,:blue],fillalpha=[0.2,0.4,0.6])
+julia> bar([(1,4),(2,5),(3,6)])
+```
+"""
+@shorthands bar
+
+@shorthands barh
+
+"""
+    histogram(x)
+    histogram!(x)
+
+Plot a histogram.
+
+# Arguments 
+
+- `x`: AbstractVector of values to be binned
+- $(_document_argument("bins"))
+- `weights`: Vector of weights for the values in `x`, for weighted bin counts
+- $(_document_argument("normalize"))
+- $(_document_argument("bar_position"))
+- $(_document_argument("bar_width"))
+- $(_document_argument("bar_edges"))
+- $(_document_argument("orientation"))
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> histogram([1,2,1,1,4,3,8],bins=0:8)
+```
+"""
+@shorthands histogram
+
+"""
+    barhist(x)
+    barhist!(x)
+
+Make a histogram bar plot. See `histogram`. 
+"""
+@shorthands barhist
+
+"""
+    stephist(x)
+    stephist(x)
+
+Make a histogram step plot (bin counts are represented using horizontal lines
+instead of bars). See `histogram`. 
+"""
+@shorthands stephist
+
+"""
+    scatterhist(x)
+    scatterhist!(x)
+
+Make a histogram scatter plot (bin counts are represented using points 
+instead of bars). See `histogram`. 
+"""
+@shorthands scatterhist
+
+"""
+    histogram2d(x,y)
+    histogram2d!(x,y)
+
+Plot a two-dimensional histogram.
+
+# Arguments 
+
+- `bins`: Number of bins (if an `Integer`) or bin edges (if an `AbtractVector`) 
+- `weights`: Vector of weights for the values in `x`. Each entry of x contributes 
+             its weight to the height of its bin. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> histogram2d(randn(10_000),randn(10_000))
+```
+"""
+@shorthands histogram2d
+
+"""
+    density(x)
+    density!(x)
+
+Make a line plot of a kernel density estimate of x. 
+
+# Arguments
+
+- `x`: AbstractVector of samples for probability density estimation 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> using StatsPlots
+julia> density(randn(100_000))
+```
+"""
+@shorthands density
+
+"""
+    heatmap(x,y,z)
+    heatmap!(x,y,z)
+
+Plot a heatmap of the rectangular array `z`. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> heatmap(randn(10,10))
+```
+"""
+@shorthands heatmap
+@shorthands plots_heatmap
+
+"""
+    hexbin(x,y)
+    hexbin!(x,y)
+
+Make a hexagonal binning plot (a histogram of the observations `(x[i],y[i])` 
+with hexagonal bins)
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl
+julia> hexbin(randn(10_000), randn(10_000))
+```
+"""
+@shorthands hexbin
+
+"""
+    sticks(x,y)
+    sticks!(x,y)
+
+Draw a stick plot of y vs x. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl
+julia> sticks(1:10) 
+```
+"""
+@shorthands sticks
+
+"""
+    hline(y)
+    hline!(y)
+
+Draw horizontal lines at positions specified by the values in 
+the AbstractVector `y`
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> hline([-1,0,2])
+```
+"""
+@shorthands hline
+
+"""
+    vline(x)
+    vline!(x)
+
+Draw vertical lines at positions specified by the values in 
+the AbstractVector `x`
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> vline([-1,0,2])
+```
+"""
+@shorthands vline
+
+"""
+    hspan(y)
+
+Draw a rectangle between the horizontal line at position `y[1]` 
+and the horizontal line at position `y[2]`. If `length(y) ≥ 4`, 
+then further rectangles are drawn between `y[3]` and `y[4]`, 
+`y[5]` and `y[6]`, and so on. If `length(y)` is odd, then the 
+last entry of `y` is ignored. 
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> hspan(1:6)
+```
+"""
+@shorthands hspan
+
+"""
+    vspan(x)
+
+Draw a rectangle between the vertical line at position `x[1]` 
+and the vertical line at position `x[2]`. If `length(x) ≥ 4`, 
+then further rectangles are drawn between `x[3]` and `x[4]`, 
+`x[5]` and `x[6]`, and so on. If `length(x)` is odd, then the 
+last entry of `x` is ignored. 
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> vspan(1:6)
+```
+"""
+@shorthands vspan
+
+"""
+    ohlc(x,y::Vector{OHLC})
+    ohlc!(x,y::Vector{OHLC})
+
+Make open-high-low-close plot. Each entry of y is represented by a vertical 
+segment extending from the low value to the high value, with short horizontal 
+segments on the left and right indicating the open and close values, respectively. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl
+julia> meanprices = cumsum(randn(100))
+julia> y = OHLC[(p+rand(),p+1,p-1,p+rand()) for p in meanprices]
+julia> ohlc(y)
+```
+"""
+@shorthands ohlc
+
+
+"""
+    contour(x,y,z) 
+    contour!(x,y,z) 
+
+Draw contour lines of the `Surface` z. 
+
+# Arguments
+- `levels`: Contour levels (if `AbstractVector`) or number of levels (if `Integer`)
+- `fill`: Bool. Fill area between contours or draw contours only (false by default)
+
+# Example 
+```julia-repl
+julia> x = y = range(-20, 20, length = 100)
+julia> contour(x, y, (x, y) -> x^2 + y^2)
+```
+"""
+@shorthands contour
+
+"An alias for `contour` with fill = true."
+@shorthands contourf
+
+
+@shorthands contour3d
+
+"""
+    surface(x,y,z)
+    surface!(x,y,z)
+
+Draw a 3D surface plot. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> x = y = range(-3, 3, length = 100)
+julia> surface(x, y, (x, y) -> sinc(norm([x, y])))
+```
+"""
+@shorthands surface
+
+"""
+    wireframe(x,y,z)
+    wireframe!(x,y,z)
+
+Draw a 3D wireframe plot. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> wireframe(1:10,1:10,randn(10,10))
+```
+"""
+@shorthands wireframe
+
+"""
+    path3d(x,y,z)
+    path3d!(x,y,z)
+
+Plot a 3D path from `(x[1],y[1],z[1])` to `(x[2],y[2],z[2])`,
+..., to `(x[end],y[end],z[end])`. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> path3d([0,1,2,3],[0,1,4,9],[0,1,8,27])
+```
+"""
+@shorthands path3d
+
+"""
+    scatter3d(x,y,z)
+    scatter3d!(x,y,z)
+
+Make a 3D scatter plot. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> scatter3d([0,1,2,3],[0,1,4,9],[0,1,8,27])
+```
+"""
+@shorthands scatter3d
+
+"""
+    boxplot(x, y)
+    boxplot!(x, y)
+
+Make a box and whisker plot. 
+
+# Keyword arguments
+- `notch`: Bool. Notch the box plot? (false)
+- `range`: Real. Values more than range*IQR below the first quartile
+           or above the third quartile are shown as outliers (1.5) 
+- `outliers`: Bool. Show outliers? (true) 
+- `whisker_width`: Real or Symbol. Length of whiskers (:match) 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> using StatsPlots
+julia> boxplot(repeat([1,2,3],outer=100),randn(300))
+```
+"""
+@shorthands boxplot
+
+"""
+    violin(x,y,z)
+    violin!(x,y,z)
+
+Make a violin plot. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> violin(repeat([1,2,3],outer=100),randn(300))
+```
+"""
+@shorthands violin
+
+"""
+    quiver(x,y,quiver=(u,v))
+    quiver!(x,y,quiver=(u,v))
+
+Make a quiver (vector field) plot. The `i`th vector extends 
+from `(x[i],y[i])` to `(x[i] + u[i], y[i] + v[i])`. 
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> quiver([1,2,3],[3,2,1],quiver=([1,1,1],[1,2,3]))
+```
+"""
+@shorthands quiver
+
+"""
+    curves(x,y)
+    curves!(x,y)
+
+Draw a Bezier curve from `(x[1],y[1])` to `(x[end],y[end])` 
+with control points `(x[2],y[2]), ..., (x[end-1],y[end]-1)`
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl 
+julia> curves([1,2,3,4],[1,1,2,4])
+```
+"""
+@shorthands curves
+
+"Plot a pie diagram"
+pie(args...; kw...)        = plot(args...; kw...,  seriestype = :pie, aspect_ratio = :equal, grid=false, xticks=nothing, yticks=nothing)
+pie!(args...; kw...)       = plot!(args...; kw..., seriestype = :pie, aspect_ratio = :equal, grid=false, xticks=nothing, yticks=nothing)
+
+"Plot with seriestype :path3d"
+plot3d(args...; kw...)     = plot(args...; kw...,  seriestype = :path3d)
+plot3d!(args...; kw...)    = plot!(args...; kw..., seriestype = :path3d)
+
+"Add title to an existing plot"
+title!(s::AbstractString; kw...)                 = plot!(; title = s, kw...)
+
+"Add xlabel to an existing plot"
+xlabel!(s::AbstractString; kw...)                = plot!(; xlabel = s, kw...)
+
+"Add ylabel to an existing plot"
+ylabel!(s::AbstractString; kw...)                = plot!(; ylabel = s, kw...)
+
+"Set xlims for an existing plot"
+xlims!(lims::Tuple{T,S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:Real} = plot!(; xlims = lims, kw...)
+
+"Set ylims for an existing plot"
+ylims!(lims::Tuple{T,S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:Real} = plot!(; ylims = lims, kw...)
+
+"Set zlims for an existing plot"
+zlims!(lims::Tuple{T,S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:Real} = plot!(; zlims = lims, kw...)
+
+xlims!(xmin::Real, xmax::Real; kw...)                     = plot!(; xlims = (xmin,xmax), kw...)
+ylims!(ymin::Real, ymax::Real; kw...)                     = plot!(; ylims = (ymin,ymax), kw...)
+zlims!(zmin::Real, zmax::Real; kw...)                     = plot!(; zlims = (zmin,zmax), kw...)
+
+
+"Set xticks for an existing plot"
+xticks!(v::TicksArgs; kw...) where {T<:Real}                       = plot!(; xticks = v, kw...)
+
+"Set yticks for an existing plot"
+yticks!(v::TicksArgs; kw...) where {T<:Real}                       = plot!(; yticks = v, kw...)
+
+xticks!(
+ticks::AVec{T}, labels::AVec{S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:AbstractString}     = plot!(; xticks = (ticks,labels), kw...)
+yticks!(
+ticks::AVec{T}, labels::AVec{S}; kw...) where {T<:Real,S<:AbstractString}     = plot!(; yticks = (ticks,labels), kw...)
+
+"""
+    annotate!(anns...)
+
+Add annotations to an existing plot. 
+
+# Arguments 
+
+- `anns`: An `AbstractVector` of tuples of the form (x,y,text). The text object
+          can be an String or PlotText
+
+# Example
+```julia-repl
+julia> plot(1:10)
+julia> annotate!([(7,3,"(7,3)"),(3,7,text("hey", 14, :left, :top, :green))])
+```
+"""
+annotate!(anns...; kw...)                                        = plot!(; annotation = anns, kw...)
+annotate!(anns::AVec{T}; kw...) where {T<:Tuple}                 = plot!(; annotation = anns, kw...)
+
+"Flip the current plots' x axis"
+xflip!(flip::Bool = true; kw...)                          = plot!(; xflip = flip, kw...)
+
+"Flip the current plots' y axis"
+yflip!(flip::Bool = true; kw...)                          = plot!(; yflip = flip, kw...)
+
+"Specify x axis attributes for an existing plot"
+xaxis!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; xaxis = args, kw...)
+
+"Specify x axis attributes for an existing plot"
+yaxis!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; yaxis = args, kw...)
+xgrid!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; xgrid = args, kw...)
+ygrid!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; ygrid = args, kw...)

src/themes.jl

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ _get_showtheme_args(thm::Symbol, func::Symbol) = thm, get(_color_functions, func
         end
     end
 
-    srand(1)
+    Random.seed!(1)
 
     label := ""
     colorbar := false

src/utils.jl

@@ -1199,3 +1199,37 @@ end
 function construct_categorical_data(x::AbstractArray, axis::Axis)
     map(xi -> axis[:discrete_values][searchsortedfirst(axis[:continuous_values], xi)], x)
 end
+
+_fmt_paragraph(paragraph::AbstractString;kwargs...) = _fmt_paragraph(IOBuffer(),paragraph,0;kwargs...)
+
+function _fmt_paragraph(io::IOBuffer,
+                        remaining_text::AbstractString,
+                        column_count::Integer;
+                        fillwidth=60,
+                        leadingspaces=0)
+
+    kwargs = (fillwidth = fillwidth, leadingspaces = leadingspaces) 
+    
+    m = match(r"(.*?) (.*)",remaining_text)
+    if isa(m,Nothing)
+        if column_count + length(remaining_text) ≤ fillwidth
+            print(io,remaining_text)
+            String(take!(io))
+        else
+            print(io,"\n"*" "^leadingspaces*remaining_text)
+            String(take!(io))
+        end
+    else
+        if column_count + length(m[1]) ≤ fillwidth
+            print(io,"$(m[1]) ")
+            _fmt_paragraph(io,m[2],column_count + length(m[1]) + 1;kwargs...)
+        else
+            print(io,"\n"*" "^leadingspaces*"$(m[1]) ")
+            _fmt_paragraph(io,m[2],leadingspaces;kwargs...)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function _document_argument(S::AbstractString)
+    _fmt_paragraph("`$S`: "*_arg_desc[Symbol(S)],leadingspaces = 6 + length(S))
+end

test/REQUIRE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-StatPlots
+StatsPlots
 Images
 ImageMagick
 @osx QuartzImageIO

test/imgcomp.jl

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ end
 
 
 using Plots
-# using StatPlots
+# using StatsPlots
 import PlotReferenceImages
 using Random
 using Test