Re: [Matplotlib-users] subplots and forked show()

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

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Engelhardt <ma...@st...> writes:

    Mark> Hi, Two quick little issues I haven't been able to figure
    Mark> out how to fix on my own so far:

    Mark> 1.  Is there an easy way to change the spacing between
    Mark> subplots, so that they aren't so crammed together?  It's
    Mark> none too pretty when the x-axis text for the upper plot is
    Mark> overlapping or even below the title for the lower plot.

Which backend are you using?  Chris Fuller submitted a tk widget for
just this purpose -
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=8901913.  It
would be fairly easy to port to other GUIs. It's on the list of things
to do, but I haven't had time.  Other than that, your best option is
to manually set the axes size, eg using the 'axes' command or calling

  ax.set_position

    Mark> 2.  Is there a way to make the 'show()' command execute so
    Mark> that the script keeps running (instead of waiting for the
    Mark> windows to be closed), and to have the output persist past
    Mark> the end of the run?

You should only call show once per script.  I repeat, you should only
call show once per script -
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq.html#SHOW

matplotlib-0.60.2 has a "draw" command to force a canvas redraw.  This
is non blocking.  Earlier versions allow you to do, equivalently,
get_current_fig_manager().canvas.draw().  Does this do what you want?
I am not sure what you are after when you write "have the output
persist past the end of the run".  Launch the python interpreter?

Please let me know what backend you are using and explain a bit more
what it is you are trying to do.  Are you running in interactive mode?

JDH