[IPython-dev] changing plotting backend

[Vasco Tenner]

Hi Thomas,
I tried this again with the master version of this afternoon. First 
create a new profile, and use that profile. Still the same symptoms, I 
cannot change the plotting backend.

Vasco

On 03/28/2014 04:18 PM, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
> Hi Vasco,
>
> That sounds like there's something in your notebook config file which is
> initialising matplotlib. Are any values set in that file?
>
> Thomas
>
> On 28 Mar 2014 04:03, "Vasco Tenner" <vasco+python at tenner.nl
> <mailto:vasco%2Bpython at tenner.nl>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>     when I open a new ipython shell (master), withouth any flags, I can set
>     the plotting backend by:
>       > %matplotlib wx
>     Or
>       > %matplotlib gtk
>
>     However, I cannot change it halfway my session:
>       > %matplotlib wx
>
>       > %matplotlib gtk
>     Warning: Cannot change to a different GUI toolkit: qt. Using wx instead.
>
>     If I start the ipython notebook server, I can only use tk. In the first
>     cell of a new notebook:
>
>     %matplotlib wx
>     Warning: Cannot change to a different GUI toolkit: wx. Using tk instead.
>
>     Is there a way to change the plotting backend in an ipython notebook to
>     something else then tk or inline?
>
>     Kind regards,
>     Vasco
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