Re: [Matplotlib-users] creating an object oriented matplotlib figure

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

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Kelson Zawack <kb...@co...> wrote:

>  Ok, I understand about agg, but I am still a bit confused.  First when I
> run the suggested code using whatever the default backend is the figure is
> only displayed for a second and then it goes away and the program ends.  I
> guess what I am really interested in is what plt.figure() does.  It seems
> to be creating a figure manager which has a canvas and a figure in it, but
> which one of these is responsible for the showing/saving to file?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
>
If the plot only appears for a moment, then that would be a bug.  Could you
double-check which version of matplotlib you are running?

Ben Root