Re: [Matplotlib-users] Broken qt backend.

2007-08-12 Thread Xavier Gnata
Darren Dale wrote: > On Saturday 11 August 2007 8:15:41 am Xavier Gnata wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Using pylab svn, the qt backend is broken. >> >> import pylab fails : >> >> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_qtagg.py >> 11 >> 12 from backend_agg import FigureCan

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Cannot maximize figure while script is running

2007-08-12 Thread Angel Ezquerra Moreu
Also, after looking at the embedded_tk example, it seems that you end the script with a tk.mainloop() which kind of defeats my whole purpose, as I need the script to keep checking for changes on a file. What it seems that I need is some why to trigger the gui loop, but also to have an "event" be t

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Cannot maximize figure while script is running

2007-08-12 Thread Angel Ezquerra Moreu
> I would suggest not using the pylab interface. Try building off of one of the > embedding_in examples in > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib_examples_0.90.0.zip. Thank you for the answer, Darren. However, could you explain a bit more in detail why is not a good idea to use the pylab i

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Cannot maximize figure while script is running

2007-08-12 Thread Darren Dale
On Sunday 12 August 2007 3:56:14 am Angel Ezquerra Moreu wrote: > Hi, > > I want to make a small python script that monitors a text file and plots > its contents. This script is meant to run in Windows. The file that is > being monitored has one floating point number per line and new numbers can >

[Matplotlib-users] Cannot maximize figure while script is running

2007-08-12 Thread Angel Ezquerra Moreu
Hi, I want to make a small python script that monitors a text file and plots its contents. This script is meant to run in Windows. The file that is being monitored has one floating point number per line and new numbers can be appended to the end of the file at any moment by some external program.