The error was due to muppetdom of the highest degree... I've created a bash alias which subsituted ipython with ipython ---options. Subsequent use of ipython -pylab put the -pylab tab at the end and it was quietly ignored
Sorry to waste people time Andy j vickroy wrote: > Hello users, > > I wish to repeatedly re-plot labels and contour data on a figure since > redrawing the figure is temporally expensive. The attached script (I > apologize for its length), hopefully, illustrates a simplified version > of what I'm trying to do -- contour temporally-varying data on a map > projection. > > I do not understand how to erase the plot label each time the figure > is to be reused. I also do not know how to erase the contour-fill > although, based on the generated PNG files, it does not, for unknown > reasons , appear to be necessary. From some postings, it seems that I > have to employ collections attributes, but I have not been able to > find documentation or examples that illustrate this. > > My system: > > * matplotlib.__version__: '0.91.2' > * sys.version: '2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC > v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]' > > > Thanks, > -- jv > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
