> $ python
>>>> from sympy import *
>>>> x = Symbol('x')
>>>> plot(x*x)
>
> Try using a "pure" python interpreter instead of whatever Sage is launching.

On the one hand, normally (!) "sage -ipython" is really a pure python
interpreter ; on the other hand, my system's python does not have
matplotlib, so there's no way it's going to work.

Mind you, i've just tried on a linux machine under virtual box, it has
sympy and matplotlib working with the basic system's python, and it
all works fine!

So, as it turns out, you're right: "sage -ipython" does something
funny, with respect to matplotlib. It may be a normal feature, when
you think that under (standard) sage, the matplotlib plots do not open
a dedicated matplotlib window, just the system's image viewer, opened
on a temp .png file.

OK, so I understand pretty well what goes on. The thing is, I wanted
to tell my students that installing sympy+matplotlib (+numpy) was
super easy on any machine, and for Mac OSX my advice was to install
Sage, since installing matplotlib on a Mac is a f****ing nightmare
(last time I looked, anyway).

I wonder what Mac OSX users are advised to do, when wanting to work
with sympy+matplotlib: install anaconda?

anyway, thanks for your help. And yes, I noticed sympy gamma, it does do plots !

cheers
Pierre








>
> And the plots will not show up on sympy live. We do have some plotting
> functionality on sympy gamma though.
>
>
> Jason
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> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Pierre Guillot <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I have just tried "from sympy.plotting import plot" but it does not
>> seem any different from the plot command that I had by doing "from
>> sympy import *" (as I indicated in my original post)
>>
>> 2015-07-01 23:17 GMT+02:00 Jason Moore <[email protected]>:
>> > Are you using the sympy plot command?
>> >
>> > from sympy.plotting import plot
>> >
>> > http://docs.sympy.org/dev/modules/plotting.html
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Jason
>> > moorepants.info
>> > +01 530-601-9791
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Pierre Guillot
>> > <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >SymPy should automatically detect the presence of matplotlib and use
>> >> > it.
>> >> >Do you have it installed locally?
>> >>
>> >> well, "import matplotlib" works. And plots in sage work.
>> >>
>> >> by the way, when plots in sympy "work", is it the same mechanism as in
>> >> Sage, that is, the plot is saved to a temporary file and opened in a
>> >> new
>> >> window with the system's viewer? Perhaps I should have made it 100%
>> >> clear
>> >> that I'm using the command line, not a notebook or anything.
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