[Matplotlib-users] Python shell despite no IPython problems

[Brenton H. <bre...@gm...>]

Hi,

I am on Windows 7 64 bit SP1 and I installed matplotlib via wheels files 
here http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#matplotlib but now 
whenever I execute plotting commands from the python shell (e.g., the 
'hi mom' example here 
http://matplotlib.org/1.4.3/users/shell.html?highlight=mailing%20list#other-python-interpreters) 
it seems like as though some window is trying to pop up but nothing 
does. Whereas if I try the the hist example here 
(http://matplotlib.org/1.4.3/users/shell.html?highlight=mailing%20list#ipython-to-the-rescue) 
in IPython I get a graph pop-up that seems fine.

Thanks for your time,
Brenton