In a message of Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:36:50 +0100, Dave Farrance writes: >I'm trying to set up the basics of a timer-scheduled function in >matplotlib and I can't figure out how to stop the timer. Maybe the >stop() method is dysfunctional in Ubuntu 14.04 or maybe I'm getting the >syntax wrong. > >If anybody's got matplotlib installed, can you try this code and tell me >if it stops after one tick as it should -- or does it continue printing >every second without stopping as mine does? > >#!/usr/bin/env python >import matplotlib.pyplot as P >def fn(): > timer.stop() > print("tick") >fig, ax = P.subplots() >timer = fig.canvas.new_timer(interval=1000) >timer.add_callback(fn) >timer.start() >P.show() >
debian unstable Python 3.4.3+ (default, Jul 28 2015, 13:17:50) mine ticks forever, too. Laura -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list