Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib is slow

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Droettboom
I think using the profiler is the best bet here. We've used that in the past to track down things that take a long time to import quite successfully. I'm not seeing any slowness here, so that is likely do to an environmental difference on your machine, implying you'll really need to run the

Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib is slow

2012-12-31 Thread C M
Resurrecting an old thread here On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:23 PM, David Kremer da...@david-kremer.fr wrote: I would recommend running the import in the Python profiler to determine where most of the time is going. When I investigated this a few years back, it was mainly due to loading

[Matplotlib-users] matplotlib is slow

2011-03-28 Thread David Kremer
Hello everyone, I would like to draw the attention on the slow startup of matplotlib. Indeed, running matplotlib takes a long time. I performed the following sequence : ```bash #!/bin/bash for i in * ; do python2 -c from temp import * ; plot_(\${i}\) ; done ``` with temp.py like this :

Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib is slow

2011-03-28 Thread Michael Droettboom
, March 28, 2011 9:36 AM To: Matplotlib Users Subject: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib is slow Hello everyone, I would like to draw the attention on the slow startup of matplotlib. Indeed, running matplotlib takes a long time. I performed the following sequence : ```bash #!/bin/bash for i in * ; do

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-05 Thread José Gómez-Dans
On Tuesday 04 December 2007 16:16:06 José Gómez-Dans wrote: On Tuesday 04 December 2007 16:05:33 John Hunter wrote: On Dec 4, 2007 10:00 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, the plot thickens. How about embedding_in_gtk2.py -- this add the toolbar This does indeed slow

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-05 Thread John Hunter
On Dec 5, 2007 8:58 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mmmm... I was just wondering whether compiling the new 0.91.1 version might make the problem go away? I am currently running 0.90.1. Unlikely, we haven't changed anything in that code. One thing you can do, it is fairly labor

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread José Gómez-Dans
John, On Tuesday 04 December 2007 03:25:15 John Hunter wrote: On Dec 3, 2007 9:08 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have compiled v.0.90.1 on RHEL 5. By default, the GTKAgg backend is being used (TkAgg cannot be set, as TkInter is not installed on the system, I think. It

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread José Gómez-Dans
John, On Tuesday 04 December 2007 14:07:36 you wrote: Two more tests. WIll you set the debug level to --verbose-debug-annoying and add a savefig command to your script, eg savefig('myfig') with no extension (the backend will provide a default extension with the -d flags below). Try running

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread John Hunter
On Dec 4, 2007 8:23 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS and Agg work fast enough, and produce meaningful PS and PNG output files (as well as popping up a window with the plot) Wait a minute, if you are getting a plot window when you pass -dPS or -dAgg, something very odd is

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread John Hunter
On Dec 4, 2007 4:50 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your reply. I think it might well be a fonts problem. Here's the test script, plus a comment where the big delay happens: % cat test.py from pylab import * plot([1,2,3]) show() Two more tests. WIll you set the

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread John Hunter
On Dec 4, 2007 9:19 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 04 December 2007 15:13:21 you wrote: OK, the delay comes before draw which is an important piece of information. What happens if you run these two scripts. Do you get the delay? # script 1 (no plot) from

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread José Gómez-Dans
On Tuesday 04 December 2007 15:31:04 John Hunter wrote: What about these scripts # just make a figure from pylab import * figure() Takes a long time. # just make a subplot from pylab import * subplot(111) Takes a long time. I'm trying to narrow down where the problem is occurring and

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread José Gómez-Dans
On Tuesday 04 December 2007 15:54:17 you wrote: OK, it is in the gtk figure creation code. Get the matplotlib examples directory and try running examples/embedding_in_gtk.py which does not use pylab but instead does all the gtk stuff manually. See if you can reproduce the error. If so,

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread John Hunter
On Dec 4, 2007 10:00 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interestingly enough, the embedding_in_gtk.py script works perfectly (takes less than a second to run), so I am not able to reproduce the slowness! Hmm, the plot thickens. How about embedding_in_gtk2.py -- this add the toolbar

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread John Hunter
On Dec 4, 2007 9:39 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 04 December 2007 15:31:04 John Hunter wrote: What about these scripts # just make a figure from pylab import * figure() Takes a long time. OK, it is in the gtk figure creation code. Get the matplotlib

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-04 Thread José Gómez-Dans
On Tuesday 04 December 2007 16:05:33 John Hunter wrote: On Dec 4, 2007 10:00 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interestingly enough, the embedding_in_gtk.py script works perfectly (takes less than a second to run), so I am not able to reproduce the slowness! Hmm, the plot

[Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-03 Thread José Gómez-Dans
Hi, I have compiled v.0.90.1 on RHEL 5. By default, the GTKAgg backend is being used (TkAgg cannot be set, as TkInter is not installed on the system, I think. It throws a NO Module named Tkinter error). At any rate, a test session is as follows: import pylab pylab.plot ( [1,2,3],[1,2,3],'-or')

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib very slow

2007-12-03 Thread John Hunter
On Dec 3, 2007 9:08 AM, José Gómez-Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have compiled v.0.90.1 on RHEL 5. By default, the GTKAgg backend is being used (TkAgg cannot be set, as TkInter is not installed on the system, I think. It throws a NO Module named Tkinter error). At any rate, a test