Tyler B wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am trying to run a python script on my computer at a regular
> interval [in the background] to output an image file using
> matplotlib. My problem is that every time the script runs, it
> momentarily steals focus from whatever I'm working on -- which over
> time gets to be very annoying.
>
> I think that I've narrowed it down to a single line in the python script:
> fig = plt.figure(facecolor ='w', frameon=False)
>
> [note that I've imported matplotlib.pyplot as plt earlier]
>
> I made a short video to show the problem:
> http://screencast.com/t/MRObeKrx
>
> Can anyone think of a good way to prevent matplotlib from stealing
> focus?? This is the last problem I have to solve.. though I'm out of
> ideas.
You don't show the beginning of your script, but try:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
before any other MPL imports.
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