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matplotlib.backends.backend_svg

matplotlib.backends.backend_svg.new_figure_manager_given_figure(num, figure)

Create a new figure manager instance for the given figure.

matplotlib.backends.backend_svg.short_float_fmt(x)

Create a short string representation of a float, which is %f formatting with trailing zeros and the decimal point removed.