Gökhan SEVER wrote:
> You may add these two lines:
> 
> fig = plt.figure()
> fig.clear()

I thought I'd tried that (at least I'd tries plt.clf() ), but indeed, 
that takes care of it. I'm a bit confused as to why that is necessary, 
but at least it's working for me.

thanks,
-Chris



> It should give what you want to see.
> 
> Gökhan
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Christopher Barker
> <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm sure this is documented somewhere, but I can't find it.
>>
>> I'm finally getting around to learning ipython, which is pathetic as it
>> sure seems like a great tool.
>>
>> Anyway, I want to be able to have a simple script that does some
>> plotting with MPL, and run it with python's "run". Then change the
>> script and run again, and have the plot updated -- this does not seem to
>> happen. It appears to work if I close th figure by clicking on the
>> Window close button, then "run", but that's kind of a pain.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>> example script:
>>
>>
>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>> import numpy as np
>>
>> x = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
>> y = (6,2,6,4,6,4,7,5)
>>
>> plt.plot(x, y)
>> plt.grid('on')
>> plt.show()
>>
>>
>> the I want to be able to do:
>>
>>
>> In [32]: run test_ipython.py
>>
>> get a plot, then change some of the numbers in the script and:
>>
>> In [33]: run test_ipython.py
>>
>> then get an updated plot.
>>
>> It's not doing that now.
>>
>>
>> what am I missing?
>>
>> thanks,
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Christopher Barker, Ph.D.
>> Oceanographer
>>
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