[Matplotlib-users] reusing the pylab gui in a custom application (wxpython)?

[Vlastimil B. <vla...@gm...>]

Hi all,
I'd like to ask about the possibility to eventually reuse the gui of
pylab for showing and manipulating the plots in the custom application
(written in wxpython).
Basically, I'd like to add some application specific controls to the
toolbar, or to place the existing gui to a custom frame, which would
add such additional controls (slider, buttons, etc.)
I looked at ...
Python27\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_wx.py , but
couldn't find any way to access this windows in custom code.
Would it be possible at all, or are there other options? Is there
maybe some equivalent class/module etc. which could be reused or
adapted?
Or is the only way to reimplement the functionality writing my  own
plot gui (or to have the additionally needed controls in a separate
window, which doesn't look very elegant, but could probably work).

Thanks in advance for any hints
  regards
 Vlastimil Brom