@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+GTK and GDK backends deprecated
+```````````````````````````````
+The untested and broken GDK and GTK backends have been deprecated.
+These backends allows figures to be rendered via the GDK api to
+files and GTK2 figures. They are untested, known to be broken and 
+use have been discouraged for some time. The `GTKAgg` and `GTKCairo` backends
+provide better and more tested ways of rendering figures to GTK2 windows.
+
+WX backend deprecated
+`````````````````````
+The untested WX backend has been deprecated.
+This backend allows figures to be rendered via the WX api to
+files and Wx figures. It is untested, and 
+use have been discouraged for some time. The `WXAgg` backend
+provides a better and more tested way of rendering figures to WX windows.
+
+CocoaAgg backend removed
+````````````````````````
+
+The deprecated and not fully functional CocoaAgg backend has been removed
@@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ renderer for user interfaces is ``Agg`` which uses the `Anti-Grain
 Geometry`_ C++ library to make a raster (pixel) image of the figure.
 All of the user interfaces except ``macosx`` can be used with
 agg rendering, e.g.,
-``WXAgg``, ``GTKAgg``, ``QT4Agg``, ``TkAgg``.  In
+``WXAgg``, ``GTKAgg``, ``QT4Agg``, ``QT5Agg``, ``TkAgg``.  In
 addition, some of the user interfaces support other rendering engines.
 For example, with GTK, you can also select GDK rendering (backend
-``GTK``) or Cairo rendering (backend ``GTKCairo``).
+``GTK`` deprecated in 2.0) or Cairo rendering (backend ``GTKCairo``).
 
 For the rendering engines, one can also distinguish between `vector
 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics>`_ or `raster
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ SVG             :term:`svg`    :term:`vector graphics` --
                 :term:`svg`
                 ...
 :term:`GDK`     :term:`png`    :term:`raster graphics` --
-                :term:`jpg`    the `Gimp Drawing Kit`_
+                :term:`jpg`    the `Gimp Drawing Kit`_ Deprecated in 2.0
                 :term:`tiff`
                 ...
 =============   ============   ================================================
@@ -421,16 +421,17 @@ GTKAgg         Agg rendering to a :term:`GTK` 2.x canvas (requires PyGTK_ and
                pycairo_ or cairocffi_; Python2 only)
 GTK3Agg        Agg rendering to a :term:`GTK` 3.x canvas (requires PyGObject_
                and pycairo_ or cairocffi_)
-GTK            GDK rendering to a :term:`GTK` 2.x canvas (not recommended)
-               (requires PyGTK_ and pycairo_ or cairocffi_; Python2 only)
+GTK            GDK rendering to a :term:`GTK` 2.x canvas (not recommended and d
+               eprecated in 2.0) (requires PyGTK_ and pycairo_ or cairocffi_;
+               Python2 only)
 GTKCairo       Cairo rendering to a :term:`GTK` 2.x canvas (requires PyGTK_
                and pycairo_ or cairocffi_; Python2 only)
 GTK3Cairo      Cairo rendering to a :term:`GTK` 3.x canvas (requires PyGObject_
                and pycairo_ or cairocffi_)
 WXAgg          Agg rendering to to a :term:`wxWidgets` canvas
                (requires wxPython_)
 WX             Native :term:`wxWidgets` drawing to a :term:`wxWidgets` Canvas
-               (not recommended) (requires wxPython_)
+               (not recommended and deprecated in 2.0) (requires wxPython_)
 TkAgg          Agg rendering to a :term:`Tk` canvas (requires TkInter_)
 Qt4Agg         Agg rendering to a :term:`Qt4` canvas (requires PyQt4_ or ``pyside``)
 Qt5Agg         Agg rendering in a :term:`Qt5` canvas (requires PyQt5_)
 
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ rendering of strings with the *usetex* option.
 EEG demo
 =========
 
-You can embed matplotlib into pygtk, wx, Tk, FLTK, or Qt applications.
+You can embed matplotlib into pygtk, wx, Tk, or Qt applications.
 Here is a screenshot of an EEG viewer called `pbrain
 <http://github.com/nipy/pbrain>`__.
 
 
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ directories found here:
   * units - working with unit data an custom types in matplotlib
 
   * user_interfaces - using matplotlib in a GUI application, e.g.,
-    TkInter, WXPython, pygtk, pyqt or FLTK widgets
+    TkInter, WXPython, pygtk, pyqt widgets
 
   * widgets - Examples using interactive widgets
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #matplotlib.use("TkAgg")
 #matplotlib.use("GTKAgg")
 #matplotlib.use("Qt4Agg")
-#matplotlib.use("CocoaAgg")
 #matplotlib.use("MacOSX")
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
 
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ Embedding matplotlib in graphical user interfaces
 
 You can embed matplotlib directly into a user interface application by
 following the embedding_in_SOMEGUI.py examples here.  Currently
-matplotlib supports wxpython, pygtk, tkinter, pyqt, fltk and cocoa.
+matplotlib supports wxpython, pygtk, tkinter and pyqt4/5.
 
 When embedding matplotlib in a GUI, you must use the matplotlib API
 directly rather than the pylab/pyplot proceedural interface, so take a
 look at the examples/api directory for some example code working with
 the API.
-
-