On 27.07.2012, at 8:30PM, Fernando Perez <fperez....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Derek Homeier
> <de...@astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de> wrote:
>> thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for - together with
>>
>> c.TerminalIPythonApp.exec_lines = ['import sys',
>> 'import numpy as np',
>> 'import matplotlib as mpl',
>> 'import matplotlib.pyplot as plt']
>
> Note that if you do this only and don't use %pylab interactively or
> the --pylab flag, then you will *not* get the proper non-blocking
> control of the matplotlib event loop integrated with the terminal or
> qtconsole.
>
> In summary, following Tony's suggestion is enough to give you:
>
> - event loop integration when you do --pylab at the prompt or %pylab in
> ipython.
> - the np, mpl and plt shortcuts
> - no 'import *' at all.
>
> So that should be sufficient, but you should still use --pylab or
> %pylab to indicate to IPython that you want the mpl event loops to
> work in conjunction with the shell.
Yes, I was aware of that, without the pylab option at least with the macosx
backend windows
either would not draw and refresh properly, or block the shell after a draw()
or show();
that's why I was asking how to avoid the 'import *' with it. I have not used
the %pylab builtin
before, though.
Cheers,
Derek
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