# Learning how to help with the Plots.jl effort?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-how-to-help-with-the-plots-jl-effort/13680>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [August 18, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-how-to-help-with-the-plots-jl-effort/13680 "2018-08-18T20:46:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![djsegal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/djsegal/32/13752_2.png) [@djsegal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djsegal)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-how-to-help-with-the-plots-jl-effort/13680/1 "2018-08-18T20:46:52Z")

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I love `Plots.jl`, you love `Plots.jl`, everyone loves `Plots.jl`.

The problem is making a flexible plotting framework is a huge task that’s _ **probably** _ not given the open-source effort it needs.

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Can we make a table that lists all the possible options and all the possible non-deprecated backends?

I realize even this would be a large effort, so will reward the person who does so with: 10 Schrute Bucks

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**Author:** ![mkborregaard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkborregaard/32/556_2.png) [@mkborregaard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkborregaard)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-how-to-help-with-the-plots-jl-effort/13680/2 "2018-08-18T22:04:19Z")

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Are you looking for something like this [Overview · Plots](https://docs.juliaplots.org/latest/attributes/#series) and this [https://docs.juliaplots.org/latest/supported/](https://docs.juliaplots.org/latest/supported/) ?

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**Author:** ![djsegal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/djsegal/32/13752_2.png) [@djsegal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djsegal)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-how-to-help-with-the-plots-jl-effort/13680/3 "2018-08-18T22:06:29Z")

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That’s exactly what I was looking for. Is it updated programmatically?

Just made a version of it for master, so thought I’d link it:

> **[Plots.jl](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S2Tu6jq5KxZF9m6ctjTWUW9DJMyfJxtIVnMsqzG4m7M/edit?usp=sharing)**
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> Supported...

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**Author:** ![mkborregaard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkborregaard/32/556_2.png) [@mkborregaard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkborregaard)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-how-to-help-with-the-plots-jl-effort/13680/4 "2018-08-18T22:18:11Z")

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Yes, it should be updated every time anyone commits to PlotDocs.jl.  
Holy moly that’s a big google doc file! I assume (I really hope!) you generated it programmatically?

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**Author:** ![djsegal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/djsegal/32/13752_2.png) [@djsegal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/djsegal)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-how-to-help-with-the-plots-jl-effort/13680/5 "2018-08-18T23:00:04Z")

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Nope. Just felt like doing some data entry for an hour

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**Author:** ![mkborregaard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkborregaard/32/556_2.png) [@mkborregaard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkborregaard)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/learning-how-to-help-with-the-plots-jl-effort/13680/6 "2018-08-19T08:43:52Z")

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wow 😮  
would be instructive to compare with the docs ones