Re: [Matplotlib-users] Windows defaults and the first example in the tutorial

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Dale <dd...@co...> writes:

    Darren> I was thinking about the first example in the tutorial. On
    Darren> windows, TkAgg is the default backend, at least for the
    Darren> precompiled windows version. If Idle is run with -n, the
    Darren> show() command must be omitted, or the window will not
    Darren> render. Interactive2.py will try to render the window and
    Darren> then hang, as will pycrust. I think the first thing a
    Darren> newbie to matplotlib wants to do is open their favorite
    Darren> shell interface and make sure they can reproduce the first
    Darren> example in the tutorial.

Hi Darren,

This is a problem.  It may be time to look into Pearu Peterson's
gui_thread which was developed for chaco but is easily decoupled from
scipy.  It would be nice if the various backends played nicely with
the various IDEs.  (One for the priorities list, Perry?)

In the meantime, I've added this warning to the win32 section of the
installing page

  Important: There are known conflicts with some of the backends with
  some python IDEs such as pycrust, idle. If you want to use
  matplotlib from an IDE, please consult the backends documentaion for
  compatibility information. You will have the greatest likelihood of
  success if you run the examples from the command shell or by double
  clicking on them, rather than from an IDE. If you are interactively
  generating plots, your best bet is TkAgg from the standard python
  shell.

JDH