* add axis convenient methods and matrix display example
* wrestled wayward space back into docstring
* color map names are case sensitive on Linux
* docstring fix for PlotItem
* protect AxisItem.linkToView from being obscured by DateAxisItem override
* replaced setOrigin method by promoted setPos and setScale
* made tri-state axes switching explicit
* reverted setRect behavior, documentation pass for ImageItem
* minor text adjustment
* implmented some suggested revisions
* fix input parsing for setRect and add tests so that I don't break it again
* don't try to re-add transform after clearing it
* changed example and doc image generators to pg.exec()
* removed commented-out code
* cleaned up transform eqaulity assertion
* restored devoured comment
* restored devoured comment
* added convenience functions to better handle plotting with gradients
* docstring correction, example name correction
* retrying to get documentation format right
* another attempt at cleaning up docs
* Don't hardcode timer type (and docs fixing attempt)
* more docstring re-formatting
* linebreaks in docstrings
* more documentation adjustments
* documentation pass
* some corrections to documentation
* more adjustments to documentation
* again?
* removed some whitespace and redundant blank lines, changed some checks '== None' to 'is None'
* fixed mis-spelling QColor as Qcolor
