Re: [Matplotlib-users] Re:Newbie Question...

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

>>>>> "Ryugan" == Ryugan Mizuta <ryu...@sb...> writes:

    Ryugan> Thanks for all who gave me a reply....  Somehow the
    Ryugan> following script worked...:

    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.interactive(False)
    matplotlib.use("WX")

    from matplotlib.matlab import *
    plot([1,2,3,4])
    show()


I just want to point out that in my opinion, the easiest way to set
the default backend is to use your matplotlibrc file -
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq.html#MATPLOTLIBRC.  For windows,
this is found at C:\Python23\share\matplotlib\.matplotlibrc.

You can achieve the same effect by setting

    backend      : WX       # the default backend
    interactive  : False    # see http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/interactive.html

which will not be so invasive to your script (ie, you can change the
default behavior of your scripts w/o changing the scripts
themselves).  Using

    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.interactive(False)
    matplotlib.use("WX")

should be something you reserve to depart from the desired default
behavior.

Glad it's working for you!  I have two more questions I am curious
about, for both you and Barry

  * Does WXAgg also work?

  * In which IDEs do you find this combination works?

Following your question yesterday I added the FAQ entry
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq.html#FREEZE, and I'd like to
update it to make it as complete as possible.

JDH