On 04/22/2011 06:47 AM, Paul Ivanov wrote: > Jason Heeris, on 2011-04-23 00:29, wrote: >> On 22 April 2011 03:56, Paul Ivanov<pivanov...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thanks for the report, Jason. It's a bug - could you please file >>> a bug report, so we can keep track of it? >> >> Will do, thanks for the workarounds :) >> >>> or if it's an option, use gtkagg, which doesn't suffer from the crash. >>> >>> from matplotlib.backends.backend_gtkagg import FigureCanvasGTKAgg >>> as FigureCanvasGTK >> >> Just out of interest, what's the difference between GTK and GTKAgg? > > The FAQ has a nice summary: > > The canonical renderer for user interfaces is Agg which uses the > Anti-Grain Geometry C++ library to make a raster (pixel) image of > the figure. All of the user interfaces can be used with agg > rendering, eg WXAgg, GTKAgg, QTAgg, TkAgg, CocoaAgg. In addition, > some of the user interfaces support other rendering engines. For > example, with GTK, you can also select GDK rendering (backend > GTK) or Cairo rendering (backend GTKCairo). > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/installing_faq.html#what-is-a-backend > > There are also two tables at the end of that answer which list > the renderers, and the user interface + renderer combinations.
Note that the gtk and wx backends (that is, no Agg) are not recommended. They are not well maintained and may have various limitations and bugs. Their only potential advantage, as far as I know, is that they involve less network traffic when working remotely via X. Eric > > best, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fulfilling the Lean Software Promise Lean software platforms are now widely adopted and the benefits have been demonstrated beyond question. Learn why your peers are replacing JEE containers with lightweight application servers - and what you can gain from the move. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfemails _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
