diff --git a/library/plots.py b/library/plots.py
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+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+
+class Plot:
+    defaults = dict(figsize=(6, 4), dpi=128)
+
+    def __init__(self, show=True, **kwargs):
+        self.kwargs = self.defaults.copy()
+        self.kwargs.update(kwargs)
+        self.show = show
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.fig = plt.figure(**self.kwargs)
+        self.ax = self.fig.gca()
+        self.fig.patch.set_facecolor("white")  # hacky
+        return self.fig, self.ax
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        from sys import stdout, stderr
+        stdout.flush()  # doesn't work?
+        stderr.flush()  # doesn't work?
+        if self.show == "terminal":
+            from io import BytesIO
+            from autopsy import termshow
+            buf = BytesIO()
+            self.fig.savefig(buf, dpi=self.kwargs.get("dpi", 96), format="png")
+            termshow(buf)
+        elif self.show:
+            plt.show()
+        plt.close(self.fig)
+
+
+class SquarePlot(Plot):  # TODO: delete me or fix me; not terribly useful.
+    defaults = dict(figsize=(7, 7), dpi=128)
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        ret = super().__enter__()
+        self.ax.set_aspect("equal", "box")
+        self.ax.grid(True, "major", alpha=0.8)
+        self.ax.grid(True, "minor", alpha=0.4)
+        return ret
+
+
+class CleanPlot(Plot):
+    def __enter__(self):
+        super().__enter__()
+        self.ax.set_axis_off()
+        self.ax.set_position([0, 0, 1, 1])
+        return self.fig, self.ax
+
+
+class CleanPlotUnity(CleanPlot):
+    def __init__(self, size=1, dim=None, **kwargs):
+        if "figsize" not in kwargs and size is not None:
+            kwargs["figsize"] = (size, size)
+        if "dpi" not in kwargs and dim is not None:
+            kwargs["dpi"] = dim
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        super().__enter__()
+        self.ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
+        self.ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
+        return self.fig, self.ax
+
+
+class SquareCenterPlot(Plot):
+    defaults = dict(figsize=(7, 7), dpi=128)
+
+    def __init__(self, size=5, subdivisions=4, **kwargs):
+        self.size = size
+        self.subdivisions = subdivisions
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        ret = super().__enter__()
+        self.ax.set_aspect("equal", "box")
+        self.ax.set_xlim(-self.size, self.size)
+        self.ax.set_ylim(-self.size, self.size)
+        self.ax.spines["left"].set_position("zero")
+        self.ax.spines["bottom"].set_position("zero")
+        self.ax.spines["right"].set_color("none")
+        self.ax.spines["top"].set_color("none")
+        self.ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position("bottom")
+        self.ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position("left")
+        p = self.subdivisions
+        ticks = [x for x in range(-self.size * p, self.size * p + 1) if x != 0]
+        major_ticks = [x / p for x in ticks if x % p == 0]
+        minor_ticks = [x / p for x in ticks if x % p != 0]
+        self.ax.set_xticks(major_ticks, minor=False)
+        self.ax.set_yticks(major_ticks, minor=False)
+        self.ax.set_xticks(minor_ticks, minor=True)
+        self.ax.set_yticks(minor_ticks, minor=True)
+        self.ax.grid(True, "major", alpha=0.8)
+        self.ax.grid(True, "minor", alpha=0.4)
+        return ret
+
+
+class GridPlot:
+    defaults = dict(figsize=(9, 6), dpi=128)
+
+    def __init__(self, rows, cols, show=True, **kwargs):
+        self.rows = int(rows)
+        self.cols = int(cols)
+        self.kwargs = self.defaults.copy()
+        self.kwargs.update(kwargs)
+        self.show = bool(show)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.fig, self.axes = plt.subplots(self.rows, self.cols, **self.kwargs)
+        self.fig.patch.set_facecolor("white")
+        return self.fig, self.axes
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        self.fig.tight_layout()
+        if self.show:
+            plt.show()
+        plt.close(self.fig)