Hi Alastair, I don't have clue why yours doesn't work.
however I changed the following line in the update function data[20]=data[20]+0.5 to data = np.random.randn(100) And it started updating the display, with new data each update. maybe changing a single point is not seen as a big enough change? Steve Alastair McKinley wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am a new matplotlib user building a simple visualization tool. > > I was having some issues with the graph not redrawing and I think I > have reduced it to a minimal case that doesn't work as expected for me. > > In the example below one of the data elements is changed on every > iteration of the update function, but the graph does not update as > expected. > > Am I making a mistake in my usage? > > Alastair > > > > #!/usr/bin/env python > > import gtk > import gobject > from matplotlib.figure import Figure > import numpy as np > > from matplotlib.backends.backend_ > gtkagg import FigureCanvasGTKAgg as FigureCanvas > > def update(line): > global data > data[20]=data[20]+0.5 > line.set_ydata(data) > line.axes.figure.canvas.draw() > return True > > win = gtk.Window() > win.connect("destroy", lambda x: x.destroy()) > win.set_default_size(400,300) > fig = Figure(figsize=(5,4), dpi=100) > ax = fig.add_subplot(111) > canvas = FigureCanvas(fig) > win.add(canvas) > > data = np.random.randn(100) > line, = ax.plot(data) > > win.show_all() > > gobject.timeout_add(1000,update,line) > > gtk.main() > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users