This is a known problem. See http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=1916. There is a workaround there that you might try.
Unfortunately, not many of us use Windows, so fixing this issue has taken longer than it might (the issue only exists on Windows). Aaron Meurer On Dec 6, 2010, at 8:15 AM, prem kiran wrote: > i think this works only on linux because the first time i put Plot(x,y) the > error is > Window initialization failed: Unable to share contexts > then again i use the above command then second error is > Window initialization failed: exception: access violation reading > 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF > now when i use the command for the third time it works with no error > but output file is not seen > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Benjamin Root <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:37 AM, prem kiran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: premkiran <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:06 PM > Subject: [sympy] Regarding usage of Plot > To: sympy <[email protected]> > > > I have used Plot function to plot 2D functions.The problem is I am > unable to view the plotted function either as png file or as pdf > file .i have used the below mentioned attribute for it. > g.saveimage(outfile="C:\users\prem\desktop\kir", format='pdf', > size=(600, 500)) > but there is no file being created on desktop with that name.Also I > tried changing the format to doc ,create a work file and see whether > the plotting is being pasted in theis word file but in vain.plese > suggest where i can see the plot. > THANK YOU > > > Prem, what is probably happening here is that the backslashes are being > interpreted as an "escape character" and so the filename isn't what you > expect it to be. To prevent it from being interpreated that way, you can put > an 'r' before the beginning of the string, like so: > > g.saveimage(outfile=r"C:\users\prem\desktop\kir", format='pdf', size=(600, > 500)) > > I hope that helps! > Ben Root > > > > > -- > PREM KIRAN > 2nd YEAR > DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING > IIT MADRAS > CHENNAI > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
