VGC123 wrote: > I am using MPL on windows with the 'Qt4Agg' backed, and running this code > from ipython (on the command line). I don't quite understand the threading > model of the GUI kit, vs. the main thread, so could someone enlighten me how > it works roughly, and what I need to do in a multi-threaded application in > order to update a figure periodically, and be able to move it around, and do > things with its figure window.
I don't know about QT, or if MPL has an abstraction layer for this, but with wx, there is a call: wx.CallAfter(a_function, some_parameters) that lets you make a call to the GUI from an external thread, so in your case, you would put your computation code is a separate thread, then call the updating code in a function from wx.CallAfter. However, it sounds like you don't really need a separate thread, but rather just a non-blocking time delay. In wx, you'd use a wxTimer for that (or wx.CallLater). I'm sure QT has something similar, and maybe MPL has an abstraction layer for the toolkits (if it doesn't this would be a nice contribution...) -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
