Added docstrings for modules plot_canvas and plot_curve

Author: PierreRaybaut

README.md

@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ features are already implemented in `guiqwt`.
 
 Other API compatibility issues with `Qwt`:
 
-    - `QwtPlot.MinimizeMemory` option was removed as this option has no sense 
-      in python-qwt (the polyline plotting is not taking more memory than the 
-      array data that is already there).
+    - `QwtPlotCurve.MinimizeMemory` option was removed as this option has no 
+      sense in `python-qwt` (the polyline plotting is not taking more memory 
+      than the array data that is already there).
 
     - `QwtPlotCurve.Fitted` option was removed as this option is not supported 
       at the moment.

doc/overview.rst

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ features are already implemented in `guiqwt`.
 
 Other API compatibility issues with `Qwt`:
 
-    - `QwtPlot.MinimizeMemory` option was removed as this option has no sense 
-      in python-qwt (the polyline plotting is not taking more memory than the 
-      array data that is already there).
+    - `QwtPlotCurve.MinimizeMemory` option was removed as this option has no 
+      sense in python-qwt (the polyline plotting is not taking more memory 
+      than the array data that is already there).
 
     - `QwtPlotCurve.Fitted` option was removed as this option is not supported 
       at the moment.

doc/reference/index.rst

@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ Main `python-qwt` classes:
     legend_data
     legend_label
     plot
+    plot_canvas
+    plot_curve

doc/reference/plot_canvas.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.. automodule:: qwt.plot_canvas
+   :members:

doc/reference/plot_curve.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.. automodule:: qwt.plot_curve
+   :members:

qwt/plot.py

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def insertItem(self, item):
         """
         Insert a plot item
         
-        :param QwtPlotItem item: PlotItem
+        :param qwt.plot.QwtPlotItem item: PlotItem
 
         .. seealso::
         
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def removeItem(self, item):
         """
         Remove a plot item
         
-        :param QwtPlotItem item: PlotItem
+        :param qwt.plot.QwtPlotItem item: PlotItem
 
         .. seealso::
         
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class QwtPlot(QFrame, QwtPlotDict):
     are calculated from the plot items, using algorithms (`QwtScaleEngine`) 
     which can be configured separately for each axis.
     
-    The simpleplot example is a good starting point to see how to set up a 
+    The following example is a good starting point to see how to set up a 
     plot widget::
     
         from qwt.qt.QtGui import QApplication
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ def updateLegend(self, plotItem=None):
         If plotItem is None, emit QwtPlot.SIG_LEGEND_DATA_CHANGED for all 
         plot item. Otherwise, emit the signal for passed plot item.
     
-        :param QwtPlotItem plotItem: Plot item
+        :param qwt.plot.QwtPlotItem plotItem: Plot item
 
         .. seealso::
         
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ def updateLegendItems(self, plotItem, legendData):
         Call `QwtPlotItem.updateLegend()`, when the 
         `QwtPlotItem.LegendInterest` flag is set.
     
-        :param QwtPlotItem plotItem: Plot item
+        :param qwt.plot.QwtPlotItem plotItem: Plot item
         :param list legendData: Entries to be displayed for the plot item ( usually 1 )
 
         .. seealso::
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ def attachItem(self, plotItem, on):
         """
         Attach/Detach a plot item
     
-        :param QwtPlotItem plotItem: Plot item
+        :param qwt.plot.QwtPlotItem plotItem: Plot item
         :param bool on: When true attach the item, otherwise detach it
         """
         if plotItem.testItemInterest(QwtPlotItem.LegendInterest):
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ def attach(self, plot):
         call to attach (if necessary). If a None argument is passed, it will 
         detach from any `QwtPlot` it was attached to.
         
-        :param QwtPlot plot: Plot widget
+        :param qwt.plot.QwtPlot plot: Plot widget
 
         .. seealso::
         
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ def updateLegend(self, item, data):
         updateLegend() is only called when the LegendInterest interest
         is enabled. The default implementation does nothing.
         
-        :param QwtPlotItem item: Plot item to be displayed on a legend
+        :param qwt.plot.QwtPlotItem item: Plot item to be displayed on a legend
         :param list data: Attributes how to display item on the legend
         
         .. note::