Re: [Matplotlib-users] Stopping FuncAnimation

[Ryan M. <rm...@gm...>]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Derek Pyne <dp...@ba...> wrote:

>  Does anyone know the preferred method for stopping FuncAnimation? I am
> using it to record data from a oscilloscope and woud like to be able to
> pause and restart the data on demand. Is there any way I can send a button
> click event to it?
>

There's an event_source() method that can be called to get the class that's
controlling when animation events get fired (usually a timer, but you can
provide custom ones). You should be able to call start() and stop() on it.

Ryan

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Ryan May
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School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma