[Matplotlib-users] MPL = Location of new figure on desktop

2010-08-20 Thread Eric Emsellem
Hi I have one very nagging issue which I would like to solve with matplotlib once and for all: this may have to do with my desktop windown manager but I couldn't find much there, so any input is welcome. When I open a new figure, the figure ALWAYS comes BELOW my current xterm (using KDE 4.3)

Re: [Matplotlib-users] MPL = Location of new figure on desktop

2010-08-20 Thread Benjamin Root
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Eric Emsellem eemse...@eso.org wrote: Hi I have one very nagging issue which I would like to solve with matplotlib once and for all: this may have to do with my desktop windown manager but I couldn't find much there, so any input is welcome. When I open a

Re: [Matplotlib-users] MPL = Location of new figure on desktop

2010-08-20 Thread Tony S Yu
On Aug 20, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Eric Emsellem eemse...@eso.org wrote: Hi I have one very nagging issue which I would like to solve with matplotlib once and for all: this may have to do with my desktop windown manager but I couldn't

Re: [Matplotlib-users] MPL = Location of new figure on desktop

2010-08-20 Thread Benjamin Root
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Tony S Yu tsy...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 20, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Eric Emsellem eemse...@eso.org wrote: Hi I have one very nagging issue which I would like to solve with matplotlib once and for all:

Re: [Matplotlib-users] MPL = Location of new figure on desktop

2010-08-20 Thread Ryan May
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Benjamin Root ben.r...@ou.edu wrote: One possibility for this behavior might be that you might be defaulting to a different backend than QT.  I would imagine if matplotlib is defaulting to the GTKAgg backend or the Tk backend, then the figure window would not

Re: [Matplotlib-users] MPL = Location of new figure on desktop

2010-08-20 Thread Tony S Yu
On Aug 20, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Tony S Yu tsy...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 20, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Eric Emsellem eemse...@eso.org wrote: Hi I have one very nagging issue which I

Re: [Matplotlib-users] MPL = Location of new figure on desktop

2010-08-20 Thread Benjamin Root
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Ryan May rma...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Benjamin Root ben.r...@ou.edu wrote: One possibility for this behavior might be that you might be defaulting to a different backend than QT. I would imagine if matplotlib is defaulting to

Re: [Matplotlib-users] MPL = Location of new figure on desktop

2010-08-20 Thread Eric Emsellem
Hi thanks a lot for the feedback. Just tested with Qt4Agg and the window is coming up in the right location (just below my xterm where there is still space for a new window) now, and sometimes on TOP, but also sometimes at the BOTTOM I was using WxAgg before. So it seems it is backend

Re: [Matplotlib-users] MPL = Location of new figure on desktop

2010-08-20 Thread Eric Firing
On 08/20/2010 05:24 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Ryan May rma...@gmail.com mailto:rma...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Benjamin Root ben.r...@ou.edu mailto:ben.r...@ou.edu wrote: One possibility for this behavior might be that