18 replace the tikz figure code with a tikzpics dependency

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "maxplotlibx"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 description = "A reproducible plotting module with various backends and export options."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "matplotlib",
     "pint",
     "plotly",
+    "tikzpics>=0.1.1",
 ]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [

src/maxplotlib/backends/matplotlib/utils.py

@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
 # import sys; from os.path import dirname; sys.path.append(f'{dirname(__file__)}/../../')
 
 # import matplotlib.pylab as pylab
-import math
-import pickle
-from pathlib import Path
 
-import _pickle as cPickle
-import matplotlib.colors as mcolors
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import numpy as np
 import pint
-from matplotlib.collections import PatchCollection
-from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
-from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d import Line3DCollection, Poly3DCollection
 
 
 def setup_tex_fonts(fontsize=14, usetex=False):
@@ -71,7 +62,6 @@ def _2pt(width, dpi=300):
     elif isinstance(width, str):
         length_in = convert_to_inches(width)
         length_pt = length_in * dpi
-        # print(f"{length_in = } {length_pt = }")
         return length_pt
     else:
         raise NotImplementedError