[Matplotlib-users] 'save file' GUI dialog

[Thomas R. <tho...@gm...>]

Hi everyone,

I'm developing a simple GUI tool in Matplotlib that relies on the
event framework to handle buttons/sliders. I am trying to avoid using
a GUI toolkit directly to ensure maximum compatibility for users.

One thing I would like is to be able to have a 'save' button that will
open up a standard 'save file' dialog window (but not necessarily the
plot itself). Matplotlib already has 'save file' GUI dialogs for the
different backends, so I was wondering whether there is an easy and
abstract way of asking matplotlib to open a 'save file' dialog and
capturing the output? Or is this all handled separately in the
different backends?

Thanks!
Tom