Re: [Matplotlib-users] New animation framework?

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 12/10/2011 11:27 PM, Åke Kullenberg wrote:
> I am a heavy user of the animation blit technique as descried here
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/event_handling.html#draggable-rectangle-exercise and
> here http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Animations.
>
> I just saw there is a new animation framework. Is this framework meant
> to replace the above technique (a good example of it is the  extra
> credit solution from the first link)? If so, how can I use the new
> framework in place of the old one?

No, the animation framework is intended to make it easier to produce 
animations--sequences of frames displayed at uniform intervals.  It does 
not address interactive functionality such as cursors, dragging, etc.

Eric