Re: [Matplotlib-users] ipython threading fails with macosx backend

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

The Mac OS backend is fairly new, and I don't believe any of the 
backend-specific threading code that ipython requires has been 
implemented for the OS-X backend.  Just wanted to drop a note to say 
"it's probably not you".  But as a non-Mac user, I may be wrong, and I 
hope to be corrected :)

Michiel: any idea how much effort would be involved here?

Cheers,
Mike

keflavich wrote:
> Hi, I'm using ipython 0.9.1 with the svn version of matplotlib on 64 bit
> python on mac os x 10.5.7.
>
> I have only been able to get python-64 running with the MacOSX backend; all
> of the others (wxpython, gtk, qt, tk) have failed for one reason or another.  
>
> I've tried ipython without any flags and importing pylab on the command
> line:
> from pylab import *
> and ipython -pylab,
> and then plotting from a script.  I retain access to the command line unless
> I type "show()" at the command line, at which point I can't return to the
> command line unless I close all of my graphics windows.
>
> I don't have this problem when running 32 bit python with qt or tk as the
> backends.
>
> Is this an error?  Should there be a command-line flag for ipython to start
> threading for MacOSX specifically?
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>   

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Michael Droettboom
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