Thanks, Giovanni. In the meantime, I found that show(block=False)
unfreezes the shell. Any suggestions about installing a definitely running matplotlip.pyplot on a 10.7.5 mac? --Moses On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Giovanni Marco Dall'Olio <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ igraph-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/igraph-help
