Re: [matplotlib-devel] pyplot commands appear to ignore interactive status

[Mike K. <mc...@gm...>]

On 2/7/11 9:28 PM, Eric Firing wrote:

>>> Which backend are you using and using which OS?
>>
>> Good question. Snow Leopard and the MacOSX backend. If I use the Gtk
>
> This is a known bug in the MacOSX backend.
>
>> backend this bug does _not_ occur (though I have to use the plt.show()
>> command to bring up the window --- which hangs the shell...)
>
> It should simply block until the window is closed; is this what you mean?

Yes I do, although I'm not sure why it should block: I may want to add 
additional plots to the window --- though I do notice that if 
isinteractive=True, then the window doesn't block. It makes sense I 
guess, but not really intuitive, especially not coming from the 
behaviour of the OSX backend.

M