Re: [Matplotlib-users] resolution on plotting for "retina" displays?

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:14 AM, mdekauwe <mde...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> For all those using newer macs [and I assume other newer computers] the
> resolution on the plt.show popup window is a little rough (not sure of the
> technical name). Is there a way to double up the resolution? I tried
> changing a few things but none of them seemed to make much difference. Does
> anyone know specifically what I would need to change?
>
> thanks,
>
> Martin.
>
>
>
My understanding is that what gets displayed is always at the native
resolution.  I would assume you are using the macosx backend, so maybe you
are running into a limitation with it?  Can you try to see if the problem
exists with the Qt4Agg or TkAgg backends?

Cheers!
Ben Root