Re: [Matplotlib-users] location of from pylab import * effects Tk widgets keyword=text

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Nov 24, 2007 8:46 PM, Michael Frauens <wet...@ya...> wrote:
>
> Wasn't sure where to post this so I'll keep it brief (and I have tried to
> check forums, FAQ and guides)
>
> I'm a relative noob but have a Tk based GUI running properly and have used
> Matplotlib successfully in two separate implementations of code. When I try
> to combine my GUI code with my matplotlib code and then place a  "from pylab
> import *"  into my code,  I run into problems with the GUI widgets "text"
> variable "not being expected".  This is before I execute any specific
> features of pylab.

Short answer: you cannot use pylab in a GUI.  Rather, you have to use
the matplotlib API (see  http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq.html#OO
).  There are some examples to get you started, eg

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/embedding_in_tk.py
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/embedding_in_tk2.py

Hope this helps,
JDH