On 03/16/2012 08:28 AM, John W. Shipman wrote: > We have Matplotlib 1.0.1 installed here, and it does not seem to > have a Tkinter backend:
The backend has always been available, but it appears only if the Tk/Tcl headers are found when mpl is built. So, upgrading mpl is generally a good thing to do anyway, but it won't help in your case unless you install the mpl dependencies before building mpl. See http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/installing.html. Eric > > ================================================================ > $ python > Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Apr 12 2011, 16:15:16) > [GCC 4.6.0 20110331 (Red Hat 4.6.0-2)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> import matplotlib as mpl >>>> mpl.__version__ > '1.0.1' >>>> from matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg import FigureCanvasTkAgg > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in<module> > ImportError: No module named backend_tkagg > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This page seems to imply that such a backend exists: > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_tk.html > > However, the official documentation of the backends module does not show > such a back end. > > If we upgrade to 1.1.0, will this backend be available? > > I realize that there are several good GUI backends out there, but > I have a lot of Tkinter experience and can't afford the two or > three months it would take to learn GTK+. Also, how come the > oldest Python GUI hasn't been supported previously, or is the > documentation for Matplotlib embedding hidden someplace? > > Best regards, > John Shipman (j...@nmt.edu), Applications Specialist, NM Tech Computer Center, > Speare 146, Socorro, NM 87801, (575) 835-5735, http://www.nmt.edu/~john > ``Let's go outside and commiserate with nature.'' --Dave Farber > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
