You can just pass a path to savefig, e.g.: savefig("/home/me/test.png")
(The format is automatically determined from the extension). If you want to know which formats are supported by which backends, you can have a look at FILETYPES in the source tree here: http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/matplotlib/trunk/matplotlib/FILETYPES?view=markup Many of the examples for matplotlib have savefig, but the line is usually commented out. Just remove the '#' and you have lots of examples. Cheers, Mike Takashi Yamamoto wrote: > Hi, > > I have recently come across Matplotlib and I am very impressed with its > capabilities. I am new to both Matplotlib and Python, although I have > several years experience with C++ and a few other languages *(including > modelling with MatLab). > > I have successfully embedded Python in a C++ application, and can run > python scripts from my C++ application. However, I have found displaying > graphs in a GUI fraught with (insurmountable?) problems and I have > decided to NOT use a GUI at all, but rather, to save plots as image, to > file (e.g. png, gif or jpeg). > > Can anyone give me a simple example script that shows how I may use > *savefig*(), to save a plot as an image (any of the above formats), to file? > > Thanks > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger Get it now! > <http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users