On 09/02/2010 07:47 PM, Noam Yorav-Raphael wrote: > Hello, > > I'm the developer of DreamPie, a new graphical Python shell (you can > check it out at http://dreampie.sourceforge.net ) > > I worked to make it work nicely with matplotlib -- it runs Tk/GTK/Qt > event loops when idle, so if matplotlib is in interactive mode it > works great. I even made DreamPie check if matplotlib in > non-interactive mode is present, and if so it shows you a message > suggesting that you switch to interactive mode. > > Lately I thought that it may be much easier for users if DreamPie > would just switch matplotlib to interactive mode automatically. > However, I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea of changing > settings silently. > > I wanted to ask: what do you think? Are there any cases when you want > to have matplotlib in non-interactive mode in a shell?
At least with ipython, yes--the point of non-interactive mode is that the show() function blocks, so it can be used in scripts in which the user is supposed to see a plot, dismiss the window, see another plot, etc. Again, at least with ipython, one wants to be *able* to run scripts exactly as they would run from the command line. Whether this sort of thing matters for DreamPie depends on the intended uses and users. Eric > > Also, are there any other ways in which DreamPie can be made more > matplotlib-friendly? > > Thanks, > Noam > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
