[Matplotlib-users] ipython threading fails with macosx backend

2009-07-02 Thread keflavich
Hi, I'm using ipython 0.9.1 with the svn version of matplotlib on 64 bit python on mac os x 10.5.7. I have only been able to get python-64 running with the MacOSX backend; all of the others (wxpython, gtk, qt, tk) have failed for one reason or another. I've tried ipython without any flags and

Re: [Matplotlib-users] ipython threading fails with macosx backend

2009-07-02 Thread Michael Droettboom
The Mac OS backend is fairly new, and I don't believe any of the backend-specific threading code that ipython requires has been implemented for the OS-X backend. Just wanted to drop a note to say it's probably not you. But as a non-Mac user, I may be wrong, and I hope to be corrected :)

Re: [Matplotlib-users] ipython threading fails with macosx backend

2009-07-02 Thread Brian Granger
As I understand it the Mac backend uses the PyOS_ImputHook trick, which means that no custom threading code is needed in IPython. Thus it should just work without any threading flags in both IPython *and* regular python. Just as an aside, wx is the only GUI toolkit that doesn't support this new

Re: [Matplotlib-users] ipython threading fails with macosx backend

2009-07-02 Thread keflavich
OK, thanks. I don't really know why it's failing, but I'm going to continue trying to get other backends installed to test them. I also now have independent reasons not to use the MacOSX backend: Thu Jul 2 14:51:48 Python-64[56094] Error: CGContextSetLineDash: invalid dash array: negative

Re: [Matplotlib-users] ipython threading fails with macosx backend

2009-07-02 Thread Michiel de Hoon
. --Michiel. --- On Thu, 7/2/09, keflavich keflav...@gmail.com wrote: From: keflavich keflav...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] ipython threading fails with macosx backend To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:54 PM OK, thanks.  I don't really know

Re: [Matplotlib-users] ipython threading fails with macosx backend

2009-07-02 Thread Adam
. --- On Thu, 7/2/09, keflavich keflav...@gmail.com wrote: From: keflavich keflav...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] ipython threading fails with macosx backend To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:54 PM OK, thanks.  I don't really know why it's