[Matplotlib-users] using python rather than pythonw

[Christopher F. <ch...@fo...>]

Whenever I run a program that imports matplotlib, it requests pythonw 
rather than python. Here's the message:

This program needs access to the screen. Please run with
'pythonw', not 'python', and only when you are logged in on the main 
display
of your Mac.

Is there any way of getting around this? In particular, when I am 
running python remotely on the terminal, it will not let me use 
matplotlib since access to the screen is required. However, I would 
like to be able to generate plots to file (remotely) without ever 
showing them on the screen. Is there something I need to set in order 
to satisfy this?

Thanks,
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Christopher J. Fonnesbeck ( c h r i s @ f o n n e s b e c k . o r g )
Georgia Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Georgia