[SciPy-user] gist.error: Gist GdLines plotter failed

[Travis Oliphant]

> I have used xplt to plot some functions.
>
>
> Python 2.1.2 (#1, Feb 25 2002, 18:04:21)
> [GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)] on linux2
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> from scipy.xplt import *
> >>> from scipy import *
> >>> x = arange(0,10,0.2)
> >>> print x
> [ 0.   0.2  0.4  0.6  0.8  1.   1.2  1.4  1.6  1.8  2.   2.2  2.4  2.6
> 2.8
>        3.   3.2  3.4  3.6  3.8  4.   4.2  4.4  4.6  4.8  5.   5.2  5.4
> 5.6
>        5.8  6.   6.2  6.4  6.6  6.8  7.   7.2  7.4  7.6  7.8  8.   8.2
> 8.4
>        8.6  8.8  9.   9.2  9.4  9.6  9.8]
> >>> plot (x,sin(x))
> >>> plot (x,sin(0.1*x))
> >>> y = arange(0,10,0.1)
> >>> plot (y,sin(0.1*y))
> >>> plot (y,sin(y))
> >>> y = arange(0,10,0.1)
> >>> plot (y,sin(y))
>
> If I close the window (containing the graph) and run the command
>
> >>> plot (y,sin(y))
>
> again, I get
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.1/site-packages/scipy/xplt/Mplot.py",
> line 470, in plot
>
> gist.plg(y,x,type=thetype,color=thecolor,marker=themarker,marks=tomark)
> gist.error: Gist GdLines plotter failed

Gist won't let you close the window and then plot again without explicitly
raising the window.

xplt.window(0)

followed by the plotting commands will work.

This is something that could be fixed in the wrapper.  I'll look in to it.

-Travis