Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting without using pylab

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

Florian Koelling wrote:
> Hello again!
>
> I think it's not a namespace problem.
> I tried:
>
> from pylab import plot as pplot
> import pylab as p
>
> As result I received busted SD Files. I ' ve this problem nearly for
> three months - so I switched to Gnuplot - now recognizing that it is
> doesn't  have
> enough performance to make a large amount of plots.
>
> (I tried local imports in a function as well -- same result)
>
> Actually I'm not using any matplotlib code -- just the import statement
> -- and it's enough that all goes to hell.
>
> With "import matplotlib" I do not have  those  problems - most plotting
> examples are dealing with pylab -- what can I use instead?
>
> Maybe one of you Harry Plotters  has  an idea!
>   
As I said before, look in the examples/api directory (available here 
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib_examples_0.98.3.zip) for 
examples of using the non-pyplot API.

Cheers,
Mike

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Michael Droettboom
Science Software Branch
Operations and Engineering Division
Space Telescope Science Institute
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