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[Matplotlib-users] How to show interactive plot window from program

[Nikolaus R. <Nik...@ra...>]

Hello,

When I'm calling the pyplot.plot function from ipython, I get a nice
dialog in which I can zoom, pan & save.

How can I achieve the same thing from a non-interactive program?

I tried

    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
    ax.contourf(stuff)
    fig.show()

but this program terminates without showing anything. Is there a
function that I can call that shows up the interactive window and only
returns once I close the window?


Thanks,

   -Nikolaus

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Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to show interactive plot window from program

[Ryan M. <rm...@gm...>]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Nikolaus Rath <Nik...@ra...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When I'm calling the pyplot.plot function from ipython, I get a nice
> dialog in which I can zoom, pan & save.
>
> How can I achieve the same thing from a non-interactive program?
>
> I tried
>
>    fig = plt.figure()
>    ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
>    ax.contourf(stuff)
>    fig.show()

Use plt.show() instead of fig.show()

Ryan

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