Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib hanging on Mac OS 10.7 with Python 2.7.2 EPD 7.2-2 (64-bit)

[Jean-Baptiste M. <mar...@ia...>]

Aloha Eric,

> This appears to be very much a dueling event loop problem.  My guess is 
> that the solution will have to be something that keeps the event loops 
> well separated, probably in separate processes.  All interaction with 
> your Client event loop would be in one process, and the callback would 
> get your data and put it somewhere (e.g. in a numpy npz file). Then the 
> trick is to have the matplotlib process in a polling loop using a timer 
> (done crudely with plt.pause(0.1); there is probably a better way) 
> checking to see if that "somewhere" has been updated, and if so, 
> updating its plot.

I feel I see the light at the end of the tunnel. The npz file is even not necessary, I just need to pass the star id to a separate plotting process, to be compared to some stored previous value, in order to refresh the plot.
I have to think about it for a couple of days…

Thanks for the suggestion,
Cheers,
JB