Re: [Matplotlib-users] Wish I were a Matplotlib User

[Vidar G. <vid...@37...>]

===== Original message from Hubert Fitch | 17 Mar 2006:
> I use the Idle shell GUI to write, edit, and run Python programs.
> I do not run or use Python from the dos command line.

ipython might be a better choice.
http://ipython.scipy.org/

> I have not been able to do any simple plotting 
> because I can't get matplotlib and Python to work together.

do you have required GUI toolkits installed?
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/installing.html

see the "Windows GTK Quickstart" section on
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/backends.html

but start using NumPy for numerics right away,
instead of Numeric or Numarray.