On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:56:07 -0500, John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Krug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Charles> List: I'm trying to us pylab to see what I'm doing with > Charles> some DSP algorithms, in case my posts about convolution > Charles> and ffts weren't giving it away. > > Charles> I've been using pylab's plot function, but I'm finding it > Charles> a bit cumbersome. > > Charles> It works, but if I switch from the interactive window to > Charles> the plot window and back, the plot window gets trashed. > > Charles> Is there a better alternative for interactive use? > > You are probably not using pylab interactive mode properly. > matplotlib has several GUI backends (gtk, tk, qt, etc...). Most GUIs > take control with their mainloop and prevent further interaction. >>From what you describe, I'm pretty sure you haven't setup your > configuration properly for interactive use. Fortunately, there are a > couple of solutions. > > For the standard python shell, you need to use the TkAgg backend. > Tkinter is the only python GUI that plays nicely with the standard > python shell. You will need to set "backend : TkAgg" and > "interactive : True" in the matplotlib rc file. See > http://matplotlib.sf.net/interactive.html for details and > http://matplotlib.sf.net/.matplotlibrc for information on the > configuration file. >
Those are already set. I'm taking a look at ipython now. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list