On Dec 12, 2007 7:16 AM, Paul Kienzle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious about the term 'threading backend'. > > Recently I posted a question about how to handle slow plots, suggesting > that the backend canvas have an isabort() method so that the renderer > can stop what it is doing and post the current bitmap as it stands. > This is to support interactive operations such as panning and resizing > on large data collections. > > Do you mean something similar when you say 'threading backend', and is > it already supported in IPython?
No, it just means that ipython can run in conjunction with the major GUI toolkits in a non-blocking manner. In a plain python shell, if you open a plot window (for any backend other than Tk), you can't go back to the prompt and keep typing until you close the plot. IPython allows that to happen, with Wx, GTK, Qt and Qt4. Cheers, f ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
