On Oct 10, 2007, at 12:53 PM, massimo sandal wrote: > sidimok ha scritto: >> I would write down an MPL script that loads a block data, >> generated on the >> fly (in a file) by another computing program, at a regular time >> rate, let's >> say every 30". The script may have an "exit button" to stop it, >> and it might >> proceed this way: >> 1. time = time_old >> 2. Load the "data" from lines 0 to -1(EOF) >> 3. Save "data" length: N = len(data) >> 4. plot >> 5. After time_new-time_old = time_step >> 5a. load "data_tmp" from lines N to -1 >> 5b. extend "data" with "data_tmp" >> 5c. plot >> 5d. Go back to step 5, or press "Stop" button >> Does anyone have an idea how to encode this purpose? > > I don't really understand what the problem is. If you don't you > know how > to wait a definite time between loading the file, have a look at the > time module: > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html > > especially time.sleep() > > m.
I would venture a guess that the problem is how to update the plot. I have not investigated this problem, but I have a hard time figuring out how matplotlib deals with updating plots after plot.show() has been called to plot to the screen the first time. Cheers Tommy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
