On 22/08/07, Geoffrey Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/20/07, Angus McMorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 21/08/07, Geoffrey Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > I just started to use pylab, and there are two issues I can't figure > > > out a way to get around. > > > > > > 1. show() does not return until I close the plot window. This makes it > > > impossible to show multiple plots at the same time. How can I show > > > multiple plots? > > > > > > 2. How can I get a handle or object reference to the plot window so > > > that I can manipulate it specifically? > > > > Is this what you're after? > > > > import pylab as p > > > > f0 = p.figure() > > f1 = p.figure() > > ax0 = f0.add_subplot(111) > > ax0.plot(data) > > ax1 = f1.add_subplot(111) > > ax1.plot(otherdata) > > > > > I found some references to the API. The API seems quite different from > > > the plot interface and is considerably low-level. So am just wondering > > > if using the API is the only way to do these things. It seems to me > > > that if plot(...) can return an object reference to the chart winodw, > > > all these can easily be solved. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Geoffrey > > Yes, this solves most of my problems, except that show() still does > not return until I close the charts.
Yes, this is the problem that Bill describes about needing a separate GUI thread to allow both the plots and the shell to work simultaneously. You need to try one of his solutions to get around the issue - I highly recommend using ipython -pylab, which will take of all this completely transparently for you. A. -- AJC McMorland, PhD Student Physiology, University of Auckland ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
