> this seems to be because the default backend was set to something without a gui. i set backend to WXAgg and it works now.
> -------------------------- > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:44:41 -0800 > From: Daniel Soto <danielrs...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Matplotlib-users] error with ginput > To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <3396d4ef-d0d8-43c4-b81d-3b7b94f11...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > hello, > > ginput isn't working for me right now but was when i was using 0.98.3. > running the script below gives me the following traceback. > anyone know what is going on? > > thx, > drs > >> python -c "import matplotlib;print matplotlib.__version__" > 0.98.5.2 > >> ./gaelInput.py > Please click > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./gaelInput.py", line 7, in <module> > x = ginput(3) > File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/4.1.30101/lib/ > python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 358, in ginput > return gcf().ginput(*args, **kwargs) > File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/4.1.30101/lib/ > python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line 1073, in ginput > show_clicks=show_clicks) > File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/4.1.30101/lib/ > python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/blocking_input.py", line 258, in > __call__ > BlockingInput.__call__(self,n=n,timeout=timeout) > File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/4.1.30101/lib/ > python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/blocking_input.py", line 96, in > __call__ > self.fig.show() > AttributeError: 'Figure' object has no attribute 'show' > > # gaelInput.py > from pylab import arange, plot, sin, ginput, show > t = arange(10) > plot(t, sin(t)) > print "Please click" > x = ginput(3) > print "clicked",x > show() > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users