Re: [Matplotlib-users] idle and ipython and axis

[belinda t. <bt...@cs...>]

Mark,

> BTW, when you use pylab in interactive mode, the axis() command  
> should scale your figure interactively, also under IDLE. Have you  
> tried that?

Yes, I tried using axis in both IDLE and IPython. IPython's redrew  
the axis automatically whereas IDLE's did not.

I am not sure, but I think this difference in behavior is b/c IPython  
is a bit better about calling draw_if_interactive after "most pylab  
functions" (see Eric Firing's http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib- 
us...@li.../msg02037.html) than IDLE is.

> I have experienced the same problem with IDLE.
> It only works with -n, but then you lose the nice feature of  
> 'starting over'.
> Does anybody know a fix so we can do both?

I too would LOVE to have the ability to start over as IDLE w/o the -n  
allows. Unfortunately for me (on a Mac) I've not yet been unable to  
use WxAgg w/matplotlib using Mac-available packages. I might be able  
to use it after I'm done following http://projects.scipy.org/ 
pipermail/numpy-discussion/2007-January/025368.html, but I'm in  
crunch-mode at the moment, so that install is going slowly.

--b