Re: [matplotlib-devel] No plot output when running a script from another script

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

On 2013/07/20 10:16 PM, David P. Sanders wrote:
> I am trying to execute (with execfile) a script A.py containing
> matplotlib plotting commands from within a script B.py.
>
> Within B.py,  I do  execfile("A.py")
>
> The A.py script runs correctly, except that no plot is shown.
>
> I have checked that the A.py script does plot (to a separate window)
> when run
> with python A.py from the terminal.
> A.py does include plt.show()

David,

The attached scripts, which seem to be a minimal example of what you 
describe, work for me with matplotlib 1.2.1, MacOSX backend.

Eric

>
> Could an expert on backends help, please!
>
> Thanks
> David.
>
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