Hi all,
I should point out that for my actual use case, Fernando explained the
right thing to do: start ipython *without* pylab, in which case
use('Agg') [for example] is legal.
Andrew
Andrew Jaffe wrote:
> 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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