Hi,
Fernando Perez wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Andrew Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> All the usual apologies if this is a FAQ, but I can't find it.
>>
>> Is there any way to change the backend interactively when using ipython?
>>
>> Best of all would a way to make changes in the middle of a session, but
>> even being able to do it at the beginning without editing matplotlibrc
>> would be great.
>
> Mid-session you can't swtich *GUI* backends in ipython because the
> entire GUI event loop can only be initialized once. But at startup,
> as of fairly recent versions you can do:
>
> ipython -pylab -Xthread
>
> for X in {g,w,q,q4}. This will force a specific threading/gui backend
> regardless of your mplrc settings.
Actually, I want to be able to choose a *non*-GUI backend
(speed/commmunication issues). (Or, as I said, just to turn off the GUI
output...)
Yours,
Andrew
>
> Cheers,
>
> f
>
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