Re: [Matplotlib-users] MacOSX backend hangs

--- On Mon, 3/28/11, Chris Fonnesbeck <fon...@gm...> wrote:

> From: Chris Fonnesbeck <fon...@gm...>
> Subject: [Matplotlib-users] MacOSX backend hangs
> To: mat...@li...
> Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 1:41 PM
> I'm running a recent build from
> source (last week) on OSX 10.6.6 and the Python 2.6.1 that
> ships with the OS.

Is this a framework build of Python? On older versions of OSX, the Python that ships with the OS is not a framework build. Python will then not interact properly with the window manager.

--Michiel.

> When I use the macosx backend, any plot
> that I generate results in a window that hangs. The Python
> dock icon bounces for awhile, then when it stops, the
> spinning beach ball appears and I am unable to interact with
> the window. I can, however, add plots to the window and
> update its contents with show(). This behaviour does not
> occur with other backends (e.g. TkAgg). I have tried
> switching interactive mode off in matplotlibrc, but this
> does not fix the problem.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
> 
> 
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