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

[AG <com...@go...>]

C M wrote:
> 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
>
>   
Thanks Che.

Have downloaded/ installed dreampie and am giving it a whirl.  Haven't 
figured out how to load pre-written scripts and the docs are pretty near 
non-existent, but with enough experimentation I'm sure I'll get there.

Cheers

AG