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

[Perry G. <pe...@st...>]

Hubert Fitch wrote


> If not, is there somewhre a list definitely compatible components,
> and a list of steps to follow, that will definitely result
> in a working marriage of Python and Matplotlib?
>
> Yes I have been trying to read doccumentation, FAQ, etc.
> but I can't quite put it all together.
>
> Thanks for any help.that anyone can give.

Do note that if you are using IDLE, the only backend you can reliably use is
TkAgg (and this is noted in the documentation). Also note that it requires
starting IDLE with a special switch (-n). See

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/backends.html

Under tht Tkinter GUI backend heading.

Note that generally use of an application that uses a GUI toolkit (i.e.
IDLE) generally will not work in the same process with a different GUI
toolkit. Since IDLE uses Tkinter, you need to use the TkAgg backend only.
This is not a Python issue but a GUI issue.

Perry Greenfield