def enable_mpl_offline(resize=False, strip_style=False,
verbose=False, show_link=True,
link_text='Export to plot.ly', validate=True):
"""
Convert mpl plots to locally hosted HTML documents.
This function should be used with the inline matplotlib backend
that ships with IPython that can be enabled with `%pylab inline`
or `%matplotlib inline`. This works by adding an HTML formatter
for Figure objects; the existing SVG/PNG formatters will remain
enabled.
(idea taken from `mpld3._display.enable_notebook`)
Example:
from plotly.offline import enable_mpl_offline
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
enable_mpl_offline()
fig = plt.figure()
x = [10, 15, 20, 25, 30]
y = [100, 250, 200, 150, 300]
plt.plot(x, y, "o")
fig
```
"""
init_notebook_mode()
ip = IPython.core.getipython.get_ipython()
formatter = ip.display_formatter.formatters['text/html']
formatter.for_type(matplotlib.figure.Figure,
lambda fig: iplot_mpl(fig, resize, strip_style, verbose,
show_link, link_text, validate))```
