[matplotlib-devel] Creating an interactive figure from the OO interface

[Nathan G. <nat...@gm...>]

Hi all,

I see in the matplotlib 1.5 release notes that the figures created via the
OO interface can now be interactively updated.

Does this mean it's now possible to create a figure using the interactive
backend, manually associate it with a figure manager, and then call the
show() method on the figure manager to display the plot in an interactive
window, all without (possibly indirectly) importing pyplot? If not, should
I just give up and do this via pyplot? I'd like to avoid importing pyplot
if possible to avoid crashes on headless sessions.

Thanks for your help or advice,

Nathan