[matplotlib-devel] time series zoom/pan speedup

Please check and try out revision 7100.  For example, with ipython -pylab:


x = np.arange(1000000, dtype=float) * 0.2
y = np.sin(x)
plot(x,y)
xlim(10,20)

Then play around with panning and zooming.

To see what the behavior is like without the changes, just reverse the 
sign of x, since at present only monotonically increasing x is supported:

plot(-x, y)
xlim(-20,-10)

Notice that in the latter case, panning and zooming is jerky.

Thanks.

Eric