Neal, You might try mpl.use('GTKAgg') as I have seen problems with lone GTK. Also you might change this in your .matplotlibrc file if possible.
-Sterling On Mar 11, 2013, at 10:43AM, Neal Becker wrote: > According to other examples I see on the web, use of 'relim' and > 'autoscale_view' should result in rescaling and drawing new axes. Doesn't. > Unless I explicity call > ax.axis ([...]) > I don't get any rescaling. > > Here's an example: > > import matplotlib as mpl > mpl.use ('GTK') > import matplotlib.pyplot as plt > plt.ion() > import numpy as np > fig=plt.figure() > ax = fig.add_subplot(111) > x_values = [0] > ax.axis ([0, 10, -1, 1]) > y_values = [0] > > i=0 > x=list() > y=list() > > while i <1000: > x.append (i) > y.append (2*i) > line, = plt.plot (x, y, 'x-') > > ## ax.axis ([min(x),max(x),min(y),max(y)]) > > ax.relim() > # update ax.viewLim using the new dataLim > ax.autoscale_view() > plt.draw() > i+=1 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users