Re: [Matplotlib-users] 'save file' GUI dialog

2014-06-20 Thread Chris Beaumont
Hey Tom, It looks like the only backend-agnostic file save function is save_figure() (a toolbar method), which conflates choosing a filename and doing the actual saving. The backend-specific code to choose a filename via a dialog isn't uniform: Qt4: matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4._getSaveFileNam

[Matplotlib-users] 'save file' GUI dialog

2014-06-20 Thread Thomas Robitaille
Hi everyone, I'm developing a simple GUI tool in Matplotlib that relies on the event framework to handle buttons/sliders. I am trying to avoid using a GUI toolkit directly to ensure maximum compatibility for users. One thing I would like is to be able to have a 'save' button that will open up a s