What you have described is the normal behaviour in python. When you create a plot, the interpreter freezes, and you can't enter any new commands unless you close the plot window. That is because the pyrhon interpreter only supports a single process, and can't fork a new process when you create the plot.
The easiest solution is to use ipython (an extended python interpreter), calling it with the --pylab option (on older ipython versions, it's -pylab). There are many other solutions, you will find them with a google search. 2012/11/14, Moses Boudourides <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > I understand that this question is not pertinent to igraph, but since > I've spent almost the whole day trying to plot with matplotlib.pyplot > in python on mac os x, without any success, I was wondering whether > there are others with similar experiences and possibly some > suggestions for a solution. > > I was more successful on an Ubuntu where I can plot networkx objects > with matplotlib. However, even there, I'm afraid there is something > I'm doing wrong, because after my plots appear, the python shell > freezes and I cannot insert any other command in it unless I kill the > running process, which is of course quite bothersome. > > Much obliged for any assistance you might give them for these two problems. > > --Moses > > _______________________________________________ > igraph-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/igraph-help > -- Giovanni Dall'Olio, phd student IBE, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, CEXS-UPF (Barcelona, Spain) My blog on bioinformatics: http://bioinfoblog.it _______________________________________________ igraph-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/igraph-help
