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

[Mark E. <ma...@st...>]

Hi,

I am not in interactive mode, I am writing scripts that handle a bunch 
of data and then plot it all.  However, when show() is called, the 
script stops and waits for all the windows it opens to be closed before 
continuing.  What I was hoping for was a way to have the plots be drawn 
in windows that were no longer hooked into the script, such that the 
script could continue running (to completion) regardless of what 
happened to the open windows.  I did try 'draw()', which does not 
appear to open any new windows.

In answer to your questions, here are the relevant lines from my 
.matplotlibrc:
backend      : GTKAgg    # the default backend
numerix      : numarray #Numeric   # Numeric or numarray
interactive  : False     # see 
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/interactive.htm

Thanks for everyone's help on subplot positioning (or avoidance ;)) - 
I'll take a look.

- Mark

On Jul 26, 2004, at 2:06 PM, John Hunter wrote:
>     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
>