matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #1076 by pwuertz (2012-08-12 14:30:43+00:00)
Title: PGF backend for XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX support

This pull request contains the implementation and documentation of a backend that allows matplotlib to export figures as pdflatex, xelatex or lualatex processable drawing commands. It uses the PGF (Tikz) Package for all drawing operations and enables full unicode support and typesetting of texts/formulas using LaTeX. The drawing commands of the PGF pictures can be included in LaTeX documents or can be directly compiled to PDF. It should solve the issues #127 and #319.