matplotlib
diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4.py
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+9-11Lines changed: 9 additions & 11 deletions b/‎lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4.py
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diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/backends/qt4_editor/formlayout.py
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+7-4Lines changed: 7 additions & 4 deletions b/‎lib/matplotlib/backends/qt4_editor/formlayout.py
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+7-4Lines changed: 7 additions & 4 deletions
@@ -133,17 +133,15 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # Create a new timer and connect the timeout() signal to the
         # _on_timer method.
         self._timer = QtCore.QTimer()
-        QtCore.QObject.connect(self._timer, QtCore.SIGNAL('timeout()'),
-            self._on_timer)
+        self._timer.timeout.connect(self._on_timer)
         self._timer_set_interval()
 
     def __del__(self):
         # Probably not necessary in practice, but is good behavior to
         # disconnect
         try:
             TimerBase.__del__(self)
-            QtCore.QObject.disconnect(self._timer,
-                    QtCore.SIGNAL('timeout()'), self._on_timer)
+            self._timer.timeout.disconnect(self._on_timer)
         except RuntimeError:
             # Timer C++ object already deleted
             pass
@@ -422,8 +420,10 @@ def idle_draw(*args):
 
 
 class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
+    closing = QtCore.Signal()
+
     def closeEvent(self, event):
-        self.emit(QtCore.SIGNAL('closing()'))
+        self.closing.emit()
         QtGui.QMainWindow.closeEvent(self, event)
 
 
@@ -443,10 +443,8 @@ def __init__(self, canvas, num):
         FigureManagerBase.__init__(self, canvas, num)
         self.canvas = canvas
         self.window = MainWindow()
-        self.window.connect(self.window, QtCore.SIGNAL('closing()'),
-                            canvas.close_event)
-        self.window.connect(self.window, QtCore.SIGNAL('closing()'),
-                            self._widgetclosed)
+        self.window.closing.connect(canvas.close_event)
+        self.window.closing.connect(self._widgetclosed)
 
         self.window.setWindowTitle("Figure %d" % num)
         image = os.path.join(matplotlib.rcParams['datapath'],
@@ -538,8 +536,8 @@ def destroy(self, *args):
         if self.window._destroying:
             return
         self.window._destroying = True
-        QtCore.QObject.disconnect(self.window, QtCore.SIGNAL('destroyed()'),
-                                  self._widgetclosed)
+        self.window.destroyed.connect(self._widgetclosed)
+
         if self.toolbar:
                 self.toolbar.destroy()
         if DEBUG:
 
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ def is_edit_valid(edit):
 
 
 class FormWidget(QtGui.QWidget):
+    update_buttons = QtCore.Signal()
     def __init__(self, data, comment="", parent=None):
         QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
         from copy import deepcopy
@@ -292,8 +293,7 @@ def setup(self):
                 field.setValidator(QtGui.QDoubleValidator(field))
                 dialog = self.get_dialog()
                 dialog.register_float_field(field)
-                self.connect(field, QtCore.SIGNAL('textChanged(QString)'),
-                             lambda text: dialog.update_buttons())
+                field.textChanged.connect(lambda text: dialog.update_buttons())
             elif isinstance(value, int):
                 field = QtGui.QSpinBox(self)
                 field.setRange(-1e9, 1e9)
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ def get(self):
 
 
 class FormComboWidget(QtGui.QWidget):
+    update_buttons = QtCore.Signal()
+
     def __init__(self, datalist, comment="", parent=None):
         QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
         layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
@@ -370,6 +372,8 @@ def get(self):
 
 
 class FormTabWidget(QtGui.QWidget):
+    update_buttons = QtCore.Signal()
+
     def __init__(self, datalist, comment="", parent=None):
         QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)
         layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
@@ -421,8 +425,7 @@ def __init__(self, data, title="", comment="",
         # Button box
         self.bbox = bbox = QtGui.QDialogButtonBox(QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.Ok
                                                  | QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.Cancel)
-        self.connect(self.formwidget, QtCore.SIGNAL('update_buttons()'),
-                     self.update_buttons)
+        self.formwidget.update_buttons.connect(self.update_buttons)
         if self.apply_callback is not None:
             apply_btn = bbox.addButton(QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.Apply)
             apply_btn.clicked.connect(self.apply)