include sorted list of backends

IPython/core/magics/pylab.py

@@ -1,141 +1,141 b''
 """Implementation of magic functions for matplotlib/pylab support.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (c) 2012 The IPython Development Team.
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #  The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Our own packages
 from IPython.config.application import Application
 from IPython.core import magic_arguments
 from IPython.core.magic import Magics, magics_class, line_magic
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils.warn import warn
+from IPython.core.pylabtools import backends
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Magic implementation classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 magic_gui_arg = magic_arguments.argument(
         'gui', nargs='?',
-        help="""Name of the matplotlib backend to use
-        ('qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'osx', 'tk', 'inline', 'auto').
+        help="""Name of the matplotlib backend to use %s.
         If given, the corresponding matplotlib backend is used,
         otherwise it will be matplotlib's default
         (which you can set in your matplotlib config file).
-        """
+        """ % str(tuple(sorted(backends.keys())))
 )
 
 
 @magics_class
 class PylabMagics(Magics):
     """Magics related to matplotlib's pylab support"""
     
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     @magic_arguments.magic_arguments()
     @magic_gui_arg
     def matplotlib(self, line=''):
         """Set up matplotlib to work interactively.
         
         This function lets you activate matplotlib interactive support
         at any point during an IPython session.
         It does not import anything into the interactive namespace.
         
         If you are using the inline matplotlib backend for embedded figures,
         you can adjust its behavior via the %config magic::
 
             # enable SVG figures, necessary for SVG+XHTML export in the qtconsole
             In [1]: %config InlineBackend.figure_format = 'svg'
 
             # change the behavior of closing all figures at the end of each
             # execution (cell), or allowing reuse of active figures across
             # cells:
             In [2]: %config InlineBackend.close_figures = False
 
         Examples
         --------
         In this case, where the MPL default is TkAgg::
 
             In [2]: %matplotlib
             Using matplotlib backend: TkAgg
 
         But you can explicitly request a different backend::
 
             In [3]: %matplotlib qt
         """
         args = magic_arguments.parse_argstring(self.matplotlib, line)
         gui, backend = self.shell.enable_matplotlib(args.gui)
         self._show_matplotlib_backend(args.gui, backend)
 
     @skip_doctest
     @line_magic
     @magic_arguments.magic_arguments()
     @magic_arguments.argument(
         '--no-import-all', action='store_true', default=None,
         help="""Prevent IPython from performing ``import *`` into the interactive namespace.
         
         The names that will still be added to the namespace if this flag is given::
         
             numpy
             matplotlib
             np (numpy alias)
             plt (matplotlib.pyplot alias)
             pylab (from matplotlib)
             pyplot (from matplotlib)
             mlab (from matplotlib)
             display (from IPython)
             figsize (from IPython)
             getfigs (from IPython)
         
         You can govern the default behavior with the
         InteractiveShellApp.pylab_import_all configurable.
         """
     )
     @magic_gui_arg
     def pylab(self, line=''):
         """Load numpy and matplotlib to work interactively.
 
         This function lets you activate pylab (matplotlib, numpy and
         interactive support) at any point during an IPython session.
 
         It will import at the top level numpy as np, pyplot as plt, matplotlib,
         pylab and mlab, as well as all names from numpy and pylab.
         
         See the %matplotlib magic for more details.
         """
         args = magic_arguments.parse_argstring(self.pylab, line)
         if args.no_import_all is None:
             # get default from Application
             if Application.initialized():
                 app = Application.instance()
                 try:
                     import_all = app.pylab_import_all
                 except AttributeError:
                     import_all = True
             else:
                 # nothing specified, no app - default True
                 import_all = True
         else:
             # invert no-import flag
             import_all = not args.no_import_all
 
         gui, backend, clobbered = self.shell.enable_pylab(args.gui, import_all=import_all)
         self._show_matplotlib_backend(args.gui, backend)
         if clobbered:
             warn("pylab import has clobbered these variables: %s"  % clobbered +
             "\n`%pylab --no-import-all` prevents importing * from pylab and numpy"
             )
     
     def _show_matplotlib_backend(self, gui, backend):
         """show matplotlib message backend message"""
         if not gui or gui == 'auto':
             print ("using matplotlib backend: %s" % backend)