Added documentation strings and removed some unused code.

system/plots.py

@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ class MainView (gtk.Notebook):
         return self._views[x, y]
 
     def update_small_views(self):
+        """Creates a new gtk.Table to show the views. Called after changes to
+        the _views property"""
+
         self._small_views = gtk.Table(self._views.ysize, self._views.xsize, True)
         self._small_views.set_col_spacings(4)
         self._small_views.set_row_spacings(4)
@@ -222,18 +225,28 @@ class MainView (gtk.Notebook):
         self._small_views.show_all()
 
     def get_active_small_view(self):
+        """Returns the active ViewFrame in the small views table.
+        If a view is maximized, the corresponding ViewFrame in the table
+        will be returned, not the active maximized ViewFrame"""
         for vf in self._view_frames:
             if vf.focused:
                 return vf
         return None
 
     def get_active_view_frame(self):
+        """Returns the active view frame."""
         if self.get_current_page() == 0:
             return self.get_active_small_view()
         else:
             return self._large_view
             
     def goto_large(self):
+        """Maximize the view in the current ViewFrame.
+        
+        Maximizes the View in the current ViewFrame. The ViewFrame itself is
+        not resized or modified, except it's view will be set to None.
+        This method will do nothing if a view is currently maximized.
+        """
         if self.get_current_page() == 1:
             return
 
@@ -244,6 +257,11 @@ class MainView (gtk.Notebook):
         self.set_current_page(1)
 
     def goto_small(self):
+        """Goes to the small views page.
+
+        The maximized View will be given to the active ViewFrame in the view
+        table.
+        """
         if self.get_current_page() == 0:
             return
 
@@ -254,6 +272,7 @@ class MainView (gtk.Notebook):
         self.set_current_page(0)
 
     def insert_view(self, view):
+        """Set a view in the currently active ViewFrame"""
         if self.get_current_page() == 0:
             vf = self.get_active_small_view()
         else:
@@ -261,6 +280,7 @@ class MainView (gtk.Notebook):
         vf.set_view(view)
        
     def set_all_plots(self, plots):
+        """Displays all the plots in the list plots, and hides all other plots"""
         for y in range(self._views.ysize):
             for x in range(self._views.xsize):
                 if plots:
@@ -268,12 +288,6 @@ class MainView (gtk.Notebook):
                 else:
                     self._views[x, y].set_view(None)
 
-    def show(self):
-        for vf in self._view_frames:
-            vf.show()
-        self._small_views.show()
-        gtk.Notebook.show(self)
-        
     def on_view_focus_changed(self, widget, vf, focused):
         if focused:
             self.emit('view-changed', vf)
@@ -298,6 +312,7 @@ class MainView (gtk.Notebook):
         #self.set_current_page(0)
         self.goto_small()
 
+
 class View (gtk.Frame):
     """The base class of everything that is shown in the center view of fluents.