DOC: view_init docstring for 3d axes primary view angles
PR Summary
Adds documentation showing azimuth and elevation angles needed to look at the primary planes in 3d plots. Fulfills some of the needs of https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/23544, resulting views are in that issue
PR Checklist
Tests and Styling
- [N/A] Has pytest style unit tests (and
pytestpasses). - [x] Is Flake 8 compliant (install
flake8-docstringsand runflake8 --docstring-convention=all).
Documentation
- [N/A] New features are documented, with examples if plot related.
- [N/A] New features have an entry in
doc/users/next_whats_new/(follow instructions in README.rst there). - [N/A] API changes documented in
doc/api/next_api_changes/(follow instructions in README.rst there). - [x] Documentation is sphinx and numpydoc compliant (the docs should build without error).
Docs build and look good:

@timhoffm I believe what you're suggesting is currently what happens when you plug in those values? First letter defining a left-right increasing horizontal axis, and second letter defining an increasing bottom-top vertical axis, with the negative sign flipping that adjacent axis. Are you seeing something different?
I like the thought of moving the position of the negative sign(s) to define additional views, though I think it would be too much clutter to list all 24 combinations out.

@scottshambaugh You are right: the vertical axis is as expected. Thanks for the PR!
My more general comment on the minus signs is mostly relevant in case we want to introduce the naming as API. I agree it's not reasonable to list all possible views in the docstring.