Re: [Matplotlib-users] IDLE hangs despite -n

[Hans F. <H.F...@so...>]

John,

>>>>>> "Hans" == Hans Fangohr <H.F...@so...> writes:
>
>    Hans> Hm. Have upgraded to 0.71. Now I don't get the error message
>    Hans> anymore, however, once I close the figure window, the IDLE
>    Hans> (-n) prompt doesn't respond anymore. (Same scenario as
>    Hans> described in last email.)
>
>    Hans> Ideas?
> Well, if you are using matplotlib interactively from within IDLE< then
> interactive : True should be set in your rc file, no?

I didn't make myself very clear, or I have misunderstood the meaning of 
"interactive". I presumed that 'interactive' means: I issue the plot 
command and the figure pops up immediatly, etc.

Not interactive (in my understanding) means that I issue all the 
matplotlib commands I'd like to use and at the end I can use show() to 
display the picture.

I presumed that when I close the figure windows (by clicking on the right 
symbol on the window), I could carry on using the IDLE session (in this 
example).

Here is the bit that I didn't expect and assumed would be some kind of 
bug:

I need to kill IDLE (when clicking on the [X] symbol in the upper right 
hand corner of the IDLE -n window in MS XP, I get the message :" The 
program is still running! Do you want to kill it?"). In summary, I can't 
carry on using the session once I have used the show() command.

Thanks,

Hans