Re: [Matplotlib-users] Window titles

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

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Chaplin <ste...@ya...> writes:

    Steve> When using the matlab interface (with the default GTK+
    Steve> backend), matlab.title() sets the current axis title, but
    Steve> can you set the window title - it defaults to "Figure 1"?
    Steve> -- Steve

In the matlab interface there is a function called
_get_current_fig_manager, which I didn't intend for public consumption
but perhaps I should remove the leading underscore and make it
'public'

The FigureManager class in backend_bases.py is used by backend
implementations.  For the GTK backend, it contains a window attribute
with is a gtk.Window.  You can change the title by doing

  figManager = _get_current_fig_manager()
  figManager.window.set_title('My title')

or call any of the other methods defined for gtk.Window

  http://www.gnome.org/~james/pygtk-docs/class-gtkwindow.html

For the wx backend there is a 'frame' attribute that you can use to
control the wx frame.

In the next release, I'll make a public version of this function.

JDH