Re: [Matplotlib-users] A Question On Language

[Chris B. <Chr...@no...>]

Rich Shepard wrote:
>   Within the matplotlib context, does "GUI" mean a widget set (e.g., GTK+,
> wx)

YES.

 > or a system for drawing vectors and bitmaps to the display?

matplotlib doe not work at that low a level, except, I suppose, for the 
use of Agg, which is a way to draw vectors and bitmaps to memory, which 
can then be drawn to the display, through TK, GTK, wx, etc, or saved to 
disk as a PNG, whatever.

-Chris



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