Re: [Matplotlib-users] Using IDLE - program still running when graph window is closed

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On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:51 AM, AG <com...@go...> wrote:
> How does one ensure that once a graph has been produced by Matplotlib
> and that graph has been closed by the user that the program itself stops?
>
> What I am currently getting is that when I close the graph pop-up window
> and then close IDLE, I get a message that the program is still running
> and am I sure that I want to stop it.  Yes, I am sure, but I don't want
> to have to keep killing the IDLE interpreter window in order to do so,
> but if I don't, then I am seemingly unable to produce another graph
> pop-up window.
>
> How do I control this from within the script itself?  I am using Debian
> testing with Python 2.5.5

IDLE just doesn't work well with matplotlib (or GUI apps), as has been
recently discussed here (if you Google for matplotlib and IDLE you'll
find lots of posts about it).  You could use ipython instead, and now
there is also DreamPie (http://dreampie.sourceforge.net/), a new IDE
which claims to play well with matplotlib.  Those who embed their
matplotlib plots in a GUI app also don't face this concern.

Che