On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Andre Walker-Loud <walksl...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have what I think is a basic question. I want to have an
> interactive python script/code which uses matplotlib. For example,
> the script first asks what data set to use, then when received, it
> does some analysis routines, and then makes some plots. To launch the
> plot, my I have in my routine
>
> > #!/usr/bin/python (I am not running in interactive mode, rather I
> made an executable script)
> > import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>
> some analysis stuff
>
> > plt.show()
>
>
> after the plt.show() command, the terminal I run the script from
> becomes unresponsive until I close plot I made. However, I would like
> instead to be able to continue interacting with the program. For
> example, choosing a fitting window based upon the first plot. But I
> don't want to have to close down the plot to do this. So my
> question(s):
>
> 1 - how do I continue to interact with the terminal (and my program
> asking for more imput) after the plt.show() command has been issued?
>
> 2 - is there an alternative command I can use instead of plt.show()
> which does not lock up the terminal?
>
> 3 - is it possible to launch more than one matplotlib plotting window
> with the same interactive python session (executable python script)?
>
>
> I thought perhaps the answer to my question would be to have a sub-
> script executed by my main one which generates the various plots I
> want, where each successive plot requires user input after viewing the
> previous ones.
>
> Any thoughts/advice are appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andre
>
>
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