Hi James, Thanks for the answer, the ampersand only works if I use the show() command at the end of my script. I guess that helps although I haven't tested it with plotting subroutines.
cheers, Rodrigo On Mar 24, 6:50 pm, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rodrigo Lopez-Negrete wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I'm trying to write a python script using plotting form pylab. > > Unfortunatelly I've encountered a problem. When I run the script via > > 'python myscript.py' the plot windows open and close very quickly, or > > when I added the show() command the shell window was locked until I > > closed the figures. > > > My question is: is there a way to open those windows in the background > > without blocking the shell and without running it interactively?? > > something like gnuplot -persist? > > > Thanks all, > > Rodrigo Lopez-Negrete > > python whatever.py & > > (Don't forget the ampersand!) > > James -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
