Re: [Matplotlib-users] example doesn't work

[Steve B. <st...@ru...>]

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>Hello list!
>
>I spent the entire weekend trying to make the first example in the
>screenshot section
>(http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html)  work :
>
>from pylab import *
>
>t = arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)
>s = sin(2*pi*t)
>plot(t, s, linewidth=1.0)
>
>xlabel('time (s)')
>ylabel('voltage (mV)')
>title('About as simple as it gets, folks')
>grid(True)
>show()
>
>The given example works on my friend's system, but here what it does ,
>it's just a quiet exit :
>$python example.py
>$
>
>I then try ed to run python with --verbose-helpful but it was still
>all quiet. Also  trying to install scipy & friends manually haven't
>produced any success ;-( .
>
>I'm desperate as I really don't know where to look for the issue. I'm
>that helps, i'm using gentoo.
>  
>
Well, I'm a new user.  My gui doesn't work either.  But that's fine with
me since I'm only wanting to use pylab in a TurboGears/CherryPy web app.

Until someone else can help you more, try putting a
"savefig('filename.png') in place of the show().  You'll get a png
written to filename which you can then view to your heart's content, in
all its breathtaking glory, in the viewer of your choice.

Hope this helps at least a little.

-Steve