Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting from within ipython, and then go on in the shell calculations

2009-10-14 Thread Uri Laserson
Whenever I use matplotlib, I will perform something like the following in an ipython shell (no special flags): import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() do things, like adding axes to the figure and plotting fig.show()# this will cause the window to pop up, and give me back a

[Matplotlib-users] plotting from within ipython, and then go on in the shell calculations

2009-10-13 Thread qubax
Greetings. What i want to do is something like: ipython ... t=linspace(0,2,50) y=sin(2*pi*t) pyplot.plot(t,y) pyplot.show() I get the plot here ... but now i want to do some more stuff in the ipython shell (and possibly have the plot still open) How do i free the shell from the

Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting from within ipython, and then go on in the shell calculations

2009-10-13 Thread Jeff Whitaker
qu...@gmx.at wrote: Greetings. What i want to do is something like: ipython ... t=linspace(0,2,50) y=sin(2*pi*t) pyplot.plot(t,y) pyplot.show() I get the plot here ... but now i want to do some more stuff in the ipython shell (and possibly have the plot still open)

Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting from within ipython, and then go on in the shell calculations

2009-10-13 Thread Jeff Whitaker
qu...@gmx.at wrote: but i want to: 1) plot something 2) go on in ipython (with the figure/plot staying on) is that really not possible? thanks, q That's exactly what happens in ipython (in pylab mode), if you don't call show. -Jeff On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 03:54:22PM -0600, Jeff