Re: [matplotlib-devel] matplotlib-0.73

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Newville <new...@ca...> writes:

    >> From my point of view, the decisions and consequences of
    Matt> interactivity should not be in backend_*, but in the code
    Matt> exposing the interactivity.  If pylab needs to
    Matt> auto-magically create a wxPySimpleApp, do it in pylab where
    Matt> it won't bother anyone else.

I totally agree with everything you said.  wxapp should not be
instantiated at module level in backend_wx.  Unfortunately, doing it
at show level breaks win32 pylab users -- in fact it segfaults with
narry a helpful traceback to guide.  I think the current situation
(wxapp at module level) is a bug and should be fixed.  I simply don't
have the resources to do it myself.  Someone needs or do the dirty
work of getting it organized in a way that works across platforms and
idioms (pylab versus app development).  wx is still broken on OS X
(the toolbar icons look bad).  I would be very thankful if you would
help with this -- it's just that we have to make sure that fixing one
thing doesn't break something else, and that changes need to be tested
on win32, linux and OS X in applications and in pylab.  Admittedly,
that is a lot of work: 3 operating systems and 2 modes is 6
combinations.  But this is just one of 5 GUIs matplotlib supports, so
I hope you can appreciate why I can't do it myself.

Thanks!
JDH