M is right, you can use --TerminalIPythonApp.matplotlib that should apply only to the terminal frontend. --IPKernelApp.matplotlib would apply only to the kernel.
Usually when I have a question like that, I use the following (replace matplotlib by whatever option you need) to see all the options available. $ python -m ipykernel --help-all | grep matplotlib | grep '\-\-' and $ ipython --help-all | grep matplotlib | grep '\-\-' all the --UpperCase.lowercase are command line flags with equivalent c.UpperCase.lowercase you can use in config files. Obviously the one that appear in both of the above command affect Terminal and notebook (technically ipykernel) at the same time, those that appear only in one affect only said command. -- M (the other one). On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Mike Pacer <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm guessing you can probably set it at a more specific level, but I'm not > sure off the top of my head. > > But I can suggest an alternative solution. Use matplotlib 2+ and it's > matplotlib.pyplot.ion() function. Doing that should not require you to > specify any particular backend. It also makes your notebooks easier to > export to a valid script. > > Cheers, > M > > > On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 18:13 Juan Nunez-Iglesias <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I mostly use the IPython terminal when doing exploratory data analysis >> with Python. I used to call `ipython --matplotlib` each time until I found >> the `c.InteractiveShellApp.matplotlib = 'auto'` setting in >> ipython_config.py. However, now when I run a Jupyter notebook, if I try to >> use %matplotlib notebook, I get the error message: >> >> Warning: Cannot change to a different GUI toolkit: notebook. Using osx >> instead. >> >> Is there a way to specify that I only want the 'auto' setting for the >> IPython terminal, *not* for Jupyter kernels? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Juan. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Project Jupyter" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/7b117721-9f9b-47eb-b302-463f404db285%40googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project Jupyter" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAM3SX47HGyyXiySu9EU1bzFkGCAz_RHO1-5At%2B4V883PqhPgDQ%40mail.gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Jupyter" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CANJQusW4WyPYEFYVEj%3D9vDJ8XYve9VkTyRA9OKre37hM-F%3DbrA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
