enable retina display of Image objects

only works for embedded images

IPython/core/display.py

@@ -1,635 +1,689
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Top-level display functions for displaying object in different formats.
 
 Authors:
 
 * Brian Granger
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #       Copyright (C) 2013 The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
+import struct
 
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types
 
 from .displaypub import publish_display_data
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # utility functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def _safe_exists(path):
     """Check path, but don't let exceptions raise"""
     try:
         return os.path.exists(path)
     except Exception:
         return False
 
 def _merge(d1, d2):
     """Like update, but merges sub-dicts instead of clobbering at the top level.
 
     Updates d1 in-place
     """
 
     if not isinstance(d2, dict) or not isinstance(d1, dict):
         return d2
     for key, value in d2.items():
         d1[key] = _merge(d1.get(key), value)
     return d1
 
 def _display_mimetype(mimetype, objs, raw=False, metadata=None):
     """internal implementation of all display_foo methods
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     mimetype : str
         The mimetype to be published (e.g. 'image/png')
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw text data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     if metadata:
         metadata = {mimetype: metadata}
     if raw:
         # turn list of pngdata into list of { 'image/png': pngdata }
         objs = [ {mimetype: obj} for obj in objs ]
     display(*objs, raw=raw, metadata=metadata, include=[mimetype])
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main functions
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def display(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display a Python object in all frontends.
 
     By default all representations will be computed and sent to the frontends.
     Frontends can decide which representation is used and how.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display.
     raw : bool, optional
         Are the objects to be displayed already mimetype-keyed dicts of raw display data,
         or Python objects that need to be formatted before display? [default: False]
     include : list or tuple, optional
         A list of format type strings (MIME types) to include in the
         format data dict. If this is set *only* the format types included
         in this list will be computed.
     exclude : list or tuple, optional
         A list of format type strings (MIME types) to exclude in the format
         data dict. If this is set all format types will be computed,
         except for those included in this argument.
     metadata : dict, optional
         A dictionary of metadata to associate with the output.
         mime-type keys in this dictionary will be associated with the individual
         representation formats, if they exist.
     """
     raw = kwargs.get('raw', False)
     include = kwargs.get('include')
     exclude = kwargs.get('exclude')
     metadata = kwargs.get('metadata')
 
     from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
 
     if raw:
         for obj in objs:
             publish_display_data('display', obj, metadata)
     else:
         format = InteractiveShell.instance().display_formatter.format
         for obj in objs:
             format_dict, md_dict = format(obj, include=include, exclude=exclude)
             if metadata:
                 # kwarg-specified metadata gets precedence
                 _merge(md_dict, metadata)
             publish_display_data('display', format_dict, md_dict)
 
 
 def display_pretty(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the pretty (default) representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw text data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('text/plain', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_html(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the HTML representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw HTML data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('text/html', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_svg(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the SVG representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw svg data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('image/svg+xml', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_png(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the PNG representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw png data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('image/png', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_jpeg(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the JPEG representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw JPEG data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('image/jpeg', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_latex(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the LaTeX representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw latex data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('text/latex', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_json(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the JSON representation of an object.
 
     Note that not many frontends support displaying JSON.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw json data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('application/json', objs, **kwargs)
 
 
 def display_javascript(*objs, **kwargs):
     """Display the Javascript representation of an object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     objs : tuple of objects
         The Python objects to display, or if raw=True raw javascript data to
         display.
     raw : bool
         Are the data objects raw data or Python objects that need to be
         formatted before display? [default: False]
     metadata : dict (optional)
         Metadata to be associated with the specific mimetype output.
     """
     _display_mimetype('application/javascript', objs, **kwargs)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Smart classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class DisplayObject(object):
     """An object that wraps data to be displayed."""
 
     _read_flags = 'r'
 
     def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None):
         """Create a display object given raw data.
 
         When this object is returned by an expression or passed to the
         display function, it will result in the data being displayed
         in the frontend. The MIME type of the data should match the
         subclasses used, so the Png subclass should be used for 'image/png'
         data. If the data is a URL, the data will first be downloaded
         and then displayed. If
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         data : unicode, str or bytes
             The raw data or a URL or file to load the data from
         url : unicode
             A URL to download the data from.
         filename : unicode
             Path to a local file to load the data from.
         """
         if data is not None and isinstance(data, string_types):
             if data.startswith('http') and url is None:
                 url = data
                 filename = None
                 data = None
             elif _safe_exists(data) and filename is None:
                 url = None
                 filename = data
                 data = None
 
         self.data = data
         self.url = url
         self.filename = None if filename is None else unicode(filename)
 
         self.reload()
 
     def reload(self):
         """Reload the raw data from file or URL."""
         if self.filename is not None:
             with open(self.filename, self._read_flags) as f:
                 self.data = f.read()
         elif self.url is not None:
             try:
                 import urllib2
                 response = urllib2.urlopen(self.url)
                 self.data = response.read()
                 # extract encoding from header, if there is one:
                 encoding = None
                 for sub in response.headers['content-type'].split(';'):
                     sub = sub.strip()
                     if sub.startswith('charset'):
                         encoding = sub.split('=')[-1].strip()
                         break
                 # decode data, if an encoding was specified
                 if encoding:
                     self.data = self.data.decode(encoding, 'replace')
             except:
                 self.data = None
 
 class Pretty(DisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_pretty_(self):
         return self.data
 
 
 class HTML(DisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_html_(self):
         return self.data
 
     def __html__(self):
         """
         This method exists to inform other HTML-using modules (e.g. Markupsafe,
         htmltag, etc) that this object is HTML and does not need things like
         special characters (<>&) escaped.
         """
         return self._repr_html_()
 
 
 class Math(DisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_latex_(self):
         s = self.data.strip('$')
         return "$$%s$$" % s
 
 
 class Latex(DisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_latex_(self):
         return self.data
 
 
 class SVG(DisplayObject):
 
     # wrap data in a property, which extracts the <svg> tag, discarding
     # document headers
     _data = None
 
     @property
     def data(self):
         return self._data
 
     @data.setter
     def data(self, svg):
         if svg is None:
             self._data = None
             return
         # parse into dom object
         from xml.dom import minidom
         x = minidom.parseString(svg)
         # get svg tag (should be 1)
         found_svg = x.getElementsByTagName('svg')
         if found_svg:
             svg = found_svg[0].toxml()
         else:
             # fallback on the input, trust the user
             # but this is probably an error.
             pass
         self._data = svg
 
     def _repr_svg_(self):
         return self.data
 
 
 class JSON(DisplayObject):
 
     def _repr_json_(self):
         return self.data
 
 css_t = """$("head").append($("<link/>").attr({
   rel:  "stylesheet",
   type: "text/css",
   href: "%s"
 }));
 """
 
 lib_t1 = """$.getScript("%s", function () {
 """
 lib_t2 = """});
 """
 
 class Javascript(DisplayObject):
 
     def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None, lib=None, css=None):
         """Create a Javascript display object given raw data.
 
         When this object is returned by an expression or passed to the
         display function, it will result in the data being displayed
         in the frontend. If the data is a URL, the data will first be
         downloaded and then displayed.
 
         In the Notebook, the containing element will be available as `element`,
         and jQuery will be available.  The output area starts hidden, so if
         the js appends content to `element` that should be visible, then
         it must call `container.show()` to unhide the area.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         data : unicode, str or bytes
             The Javascript source code or a URL to download it from.
         url : unicode
             A URL to download the data from.
         filename : unicode
             Path to a local file to load the data from.
         lib : list or str
             A sequence of Javascript library URLs to load asynchronously before
             running the source code. The full URLs of the libraries should
             be given. A single Javascript library URL can also be given as a
             string.
         css: : list or str
             A sequence of css files to load before running the source code.
             The full URLs of the css files should be given. A single css URL
             can also be given as a string.
         """
         if isinstance(lib, basestring):
             lib = [lib]
         elif lib is None:
             lib = []
         if isinstance(css, basestring):
             css = [css]
         elif css is None:
             css = []
         if not isinstance(lib, (list,tuple)):
             raise TypeError('expected sequence, got: %r' % lib)
         if not isinstance(css, (list,tuple)):
             raise TypeError('expected sequence, got: %r' % css)
         self.lib = lib
         self.css = css
         super(Javascript, self).__init__(data=data, url=url, filename=filename)
 
     def _repr_javascript_(self):
         r = ''
         for c in self.css:
             r += css_t % c
         for l in self.lib:
             r += lib_t1 % l
         r += self.data
         r += lib_t2*len(self.lib)
         return r
 
 # constants for identifying png/jpeg data
 _PNG = b'\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n'
 _JPEG = b'\xff\xd8'
 
+def _pngxy(data):
+    """read the (width, height) from a PNG header"""
+    ihdr = data.index(b'IHDR')
+    # next 8 bytes are width/height
+    w4h4 = data[ihdr+4:ihdr+12]
+    return struct.unpack('>ii', w4h4)
+
+def _jpegxy(data):
+    """read the (width, height) from a JPEG header"""
+    # adapted from http://www.64lines.com/jpeg-width-height
+    
+    idx = 4
+    while True:
+        block_size = struct.unpack('>H', data[idx:idx+2])[0]
+        idx = idx + block_size
+        if data[idx:idx+2] == b'\xFF\xC0':
+            # found Start of Frame
+            iSOF = idx
+            break
+        else:
+            # read another block
+            idx += 2
+
+    h, w = struct.unpack('>HH', data[iSOF+5:iSOF+9])
+    return w, h
+
 class Image(DisplayObject):
 
     _read_flags = 'rb'
     _FMT_JPEG = u'jpeg'
     _FMT_PNG = u'png'
     _ACCEPTABLE_EMBEDDINGS = [_FMT_JPEG, _FMT_PNG]
 
-    def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None, format=u'png', embed=None, width=None, height=None):
+    def __init__(self, data=None, url=None, filename=None, format=u'png', embed=None, width=None, height=None, retina=False):
         """Create a display an PNG/JPEG image given raw data.
 
         When this object is returned by an expression or passed to the
         display function, it will result in the image being displayed
         in the frontend.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         data : unicode, str or bytes
             The raw image data or a URL or filename to load the data from.
             This always results in embedded image data.
         url : unicode
             A URL to download the data from. If you specify `url=`,
             the image data will not be embedded unless you also specify `embed=True`.
         filename : unicode
             Path to a local file to load the data from.
             Images from a file are always embedded.
         format : unicode
             The format of the image data (png/jpeg/jpg). If a filename or URL is given
             for format will be inferred from the filename extension.
         embed : bool
             Should the image data be embedded using a data URI (True) or be
             loaded using an <img> tag. Set this to True if you want the image
             to be viewable later with no internet connection in the notebook.
 
             Default is `True`, unless the keyword argument `url` is set, then
             default value is `False`.
 
             Note that QtConsole is not able to display images if `embed` is set to `False`
         width : int
             Width to which to constrain the image in html
         height : int
             Height to which to constrain the image in html
+        retina : bool
+            Automatically set the width and height to half of the measured
+            width and height.
+            This only works for embedded images because it reads the width/height
+            from image data.
+            For non-embedded images, you can just set the desired display width
+            and height directly.
 
         Examples
         --------
         # embedded image data, works in qtconsole and notebook
         # when passed positionally, the first arg can be any of raw image data,
         # a URL, or a filename from which to load image data.
         # The result is always embedding image data for inline images.
         Image('http://www.google.fr/images/srpr/logo3w.png')
         Image('/path/to/image.jpg')
         Image(b'RAW_PNG_DATA...')
 
         # Specifying Image(url=...) does not embed the image data,
         # it only generates `<img>` tag with a link to the source.
         # This will not work in the qtconsole or offline.
         Image(url='http://www.google.fr/images/srpr/logo3w.png')
 
         """
         if filename is not None:
             ext = self._find_ext(filename)
         elif url is not None:
             ext = self._find_ext(url)
         elif data is None:
             raise ValueError("No image data found. Expecting filename, url, or data.")
         elif isinstance(data, string_types) and (
             data.startswith('http') or _safe_exists(data)
         ):
             ext = self._find_ext(data)
         else:
             ext = None
 
         if ext is not None:
             format = ext.lower()
             if ext == u'jpg' or ext == u'jpeg':
                 format = self._FMT_JPEG
             if ext == u'png':
                 format = self._FMT_PNG
         elif isinstance(data, bytes) and format == 'png':
             # infer image type from image data header,
             # only if format might not have been specified.
             if data[:2] == _JPEG:
                 format = 'jpeg'
 
         self.format = unicode(format).lower()
         self.embed = embed if embed is not None else (url is None)
 
         if self.embed and self.format not in self._ACCEPTABLE_EMBEDDINGS:
             raise ValueError("Cannot embed the '%s' image format" % (self.format))
         self.width = width
         self.height = height
+        self.retina = retina
         super(Image, self).__init__(data=data, url=url, filename=filename)
 
+        if retina:
+            self._retina_shape()
+    
+    def _retina_shape(self):
+        """load pixel-doubled width and height from image data"""
+        if not self.embed:
+            return
+        if self.format == 'png':
+            w, h = _pngxy(self.data)
+        elif self.format == 'jpeg':
+            w, h = _jpegxy(self.data)
+        else:
+            # retina only supports png
+            return
+        self.width = w // 2
+        self.height = h // 2
+
     def reload(self):
         """Reload the raw data from file or URL."""
         if self.embed:
             super(Image,self).reload()
+            if self.retina:
+                self._retina_shape()
 
     def _repr_html_(self):
         if not self.embed:
             width = height = ''
             if self.width:
                 width = ' width="%d"' % self.width
             if self.height:
                 height = ' height="%d"' % self.height
             return u'<img src="%s"%s%s/>' % (self.url, width, height)
 
     def _data_and_metadata(self):
         """shortcut for returning metadata with shape information, if defined"""
         md = {}
         if self.width:
             md['width'] = self.width
         if self.height:
             md['height'] = self.height
         if md:
             return self.data, md
         else:
             return self.data
 
     def _repr_png_(self):
         if self.embed and self.format == u'png':
             return self._data_and_metadata()
 
     def _repr_jpeg_(self):
         if self.embed and (self.format == u'jpeg' or self.format == u'jpg'):
             return self._data_and_metadata()
 
     def _find_ext(self, s):
         return unicode(s.split('.')[-1].lower())
 
 
 def clear_output(stdout=True, stderr=True, other=True):
     """Clear the output of the current cell receiving output.
 
     Optionally, each of stdout/stderr or other non-stream data (e.g. anything
     produced by display()) can be excluded from the clear event.
 
     By default, everything is cleared.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     stdout : bool [default: True]
         Whether to clear stdout.
     stderr : bool [default: True]
         Whether to clear stderr.
     other : bool [default: True]
         Whether to clear everything else that is not stdout/stderr
         (e.g. figures,images,HTML, any result of display()).
     """
     from IPython.core.interactiveshell import InteractiveShell
     if InteractiveShell.initialized():
         InteractiveShell.instance().display_pub.clear_output(
             stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, other=other,
         )
     else:
         from IPython.utils import io
         if stdout:
             print('\033[2K\r', file=io.stdout, end='')
             io.stdout.flush()
         if stderr:
             print('\033[2K\r', file=io.stderr, end='')
             io.stderr.flush()
 

IPython/core/pylabtools.py

@@ -1,391 +1,385
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Pylab (matplotlib) support utilities.
 
 Authors
 -------
 
 * Fernando Perez.
 * Brian Granger
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2009-2011  The IPython Development Team
+#  Copyright (C) 2009  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-import struct
 import sys
 from io import BytesIO
 
+from IPython.core.display import _pngxy
 from IPython.utils.decorators import flag_calls
 
 # If user specifies a GUI, that dictates the backend, otherwise we read the
 # user's mpl default from the mpl rc structure
 backends = {'tk': 'TkAgg',
             'gtk': 'GTKAgg',
             'wx': 'WXAgg',
             'qt': 'Qt4Agg', # qt3 not supported
             'qt4': 'Qt4Agg',
             'osx': 'MacOSX',
             'inline' : 'module://IPython.kernel.zmq.pylab.backend_inline'}
 
 # We also need a reverse backends2guis mapping that will properly choose which
 # GUI support to activate based on the desired matplotlib backend.  For the
 # most part it's just a reverse of the above dict, but we also need to add a
 # few others that map to the same GUI manually:
 backend2gui = dict(zip(backends.values(), backends.keys()))
 # In the reverse mapping, there are a few extra valid matplotlib backends that
 # map to the same GUI support
 backend2gui['GTK'] = backend2gui['GTKCairo'] = 'gtk'
 backend2gui['WX'] = 'wx'
 backend2gui['CocoaAgg'] = 'osx'
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Matplotlib utilities
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 def getfigs(*fig_nums):
     """Get a list of matplotlib figures by figure numbers.
 
     If no arguments are given, all available figures are returned.  If the
     argument list contains references to invalid figures, a warning is printed
     but the function continues pasting further figures.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     figs : tuple
         A tuple of ints giving the figure numbers of the figures to return.
     """
     from matplotlib._pylab_helpers import Gcf
     if not fig_nums:
         fig_managers = Gcf.get_all_fig_managers()
         return [fm.canvas.figure for fm in fig_managers]
     else:
         figs = []
         for num in fig_nums:
             f = Gcf.figs.get(num)
             if f is None:
                 print('Warning: figure %s not available.' % num)
             else:
                 figs.append(f.canvas.figure)
         return figs
 
 
 def figsize(sizex, sizey):
     """Set the default figure size to be [sizex, sizey].
 
     This is just an easy to remember, convenience wrapper that sets::
 
       matplotlib.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = [sizex, sizey]
     """
     import matplotlib
     matplotlib.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = [sizex, sizey]
 
 
 def print_figure(fig, fmt='png'):
     """Convert a figure to svg or png for inline display."""
     from matplotlib import rcParams
     # When there's an empty figure, we shouldn't return anything, otherwise we
     # get big blank areas in the qt console.
     if not fig.axes and not fig.lines:
         return
 
     fc = fig.get_facecolor()
     ec = fig.get_edgecolor()
     bytes_io = BytesIO()
     dpi = rcParams['savefig.dpi']
     if fmt == 'retina':
         dpi = dpi * 2
+        fmt = 'png'
     fig.canvas.print_figure(bytes_io, format=fmt, bbox_inches='tight',
                             facecolor=fc, edgecolor=ec, dpi=dpi)
     data = bytes_io.getvalue()
     return data
     
-def pngxy(data):
-    """read the width/height from a PNG header"""
-    ihdr = data.index(b'IHDR')
-    # next 8 bytes are width/height
-    w4h4 = data[ihdr+4:ihdr+12]
-    return struct.unpack('>ii', w4h4)
-
 def retina_figure(fig):
     """format a figure as a pixel-doubled (retina) PNG"""
     pngdata = print_figure(fig, fmt='retina')
-    w, h = pngxy(pngdata)
+    w, h = _pngxy(pngdata)
     metadata = dict(width=w//2, height=h//2)
     return pngdata, metadata
 
 # We need a little factory function here to create the closure where
 # safe_execfile can live.
 def mpl_runner(safe_execfile):
     """Factory to return a matplotlib-enabled runner for %run.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     safe_execfile : function
       This must be a function with the same interface as the
       :meth:`safe_execfile` method of IPython.
 
     Returns
     -------
     A function suitable for use as the ``runner`` argument of the %run magic
     function.
     """
     
     def mpl_execfile(fname,*where,**kw):
         """matplotlib-aware wrapper around safe_execfile.
 
         Its interface is identical to that of the :func:`execfile` builtin.
 
         This is ultimately a call to execfile(), but wrapped in safeties to
         properly handle interactive rendering."""
 
         import matplotlib
         import matplotlib.pylab as pylab
 
         #print '*** Matplotlib runner ***' # dbg
         # turn off rendering until end of script
         is_interactive = matplotlib.rcParams['interactive']
         matplotlib.interactive(False)
         safe_execfile(fname,*where,**kw)
         matplotlib.interactive(is_interactive)
         # make rendering call now, if the user tried to do it
         if pylab.draw_if_interactive.called:
             pylab.draw()
             pylab.draw_if_interactive.called = False
 
     return mpl_execfile
 
 
 def select_figure_format(shell, fmt):
     """Select figure format for inline backend, can be 'png', 'retina', or 'svg'.
 
     Using this method ensures only one figure format is active at a time.
     """
     from matplotlib.figure import Figure
     from IPython.kernel.zmq.pylab import backend_inline
 
     svg_formatter = shell.display_formatter.formatters['image/svg+xml']
     png_formatter = shell.display_formatter.formatters['image/png']
 
     if fmt == 'png':
         svg_formatter.type_printers.pop(Figure, None)
         png_formatter.for_type(Figure, lambda fig: print_figure(fig, 'png'))
     elif fmt in ('png2x', 'retina'):
         svg_formatter.type_printers.pop(Figure, None)
         png_formatter.for_type(Figure, retina_figure)
     elif fmt == 'svg':
         png_formatter.type_printers.pop(Figure, None)
         svg_formatter.for_type(Figure, lambda fig: print_figure(fig, 'svg'))
     else:
         raise ValueError("supported formats are: 'png', 'retina', 'svg', not %r" % fmt)
 
     # set the format to be used in the backend()
     backend_inline._figure_format = fmt
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Code for initializing matplotlib and importing pylab
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 def find_gui_and_backend(gui=None, gui_select=None):
     """Given a gui string return the gui and mpl backend.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     gui : str
         Can be one of ('tk','gtk','wx','qt','qt4','inline').
     gui_select : str
         Can be one of ('tk','gtk','wx','qt','qt4','inline').
         This is any gui already selected by the shell.
 
     Returns
     -------
     A tuple of (gui, backend) where backend is one of ('TkAgg','GTKAgg',
     'WXAgg','Qt4Agg','module://IPython.kernel.zmq.pylab.backend_inline').
     """
 
     import matplotlib
 
     if gui and gui != 'auto':
         # select backend based on requested gui
         backend = backends[gui]
     else:
         backend = matplotlib.rcParams['backend']
         # In this case, we need to find what the appropriate gui selection call
         # should be for IPython, so we can activate inputhook accordingly
         gui = backend2gui.get(backend, None)
 
         # If we have already had a gui active, we need it and inline are the
         # ones allowed.
         if gui_select and gui != gui_select:
             gui = gui_select
             backend = backends[gui]
 
     return gui, backend
 
 
 def activate_matplotlib(backend):
     """Activate the given backend and set interactive to True."""
 
     import matplotlib
     matplotlib.interactive(True)
 
     # Matplotlib had a bug where even switch_backend could not force
     # the rcParam to update. This needs to be set *before* the module
     # magic of switch_backend().
     matplotlib.rcParams['backend'] = backend
 
     import matplotlib.pyplot
     matplotlib.pyplot.switch_backend(backend)
 
     # This must be imported last in the matplotlib series, after
     # backend/interactivity choices have been made
     import matplotlib.pylab as pylab
 
     pylab.show._needmain = False
     # We need to detect at runtime whether show() is called by the user.
     # For this, we wrap it into a decorator which adds a 'called' flag.
     pylab.draw_if_interactive = flag_calls(pylab.draw_if_interactive)
 
 
 def import_pylab(user_ns, import_all=True):
     """Import the standard pylab symbols into user_ns."""
 
     # Import numpy as np/pyplot as plt are conventions we're trying to
     # somewhat standardize on.  Making them available to users by default
     # will greatly help this.
     s = ("import numpy\n"
           "import matplotlib\n"
           "from matplotlib import pylab, mlab, pyplot\n"
           "np = numpy\n"
           "plt = pyplot\n"
           )
     exec s in user_ns
 
     if import_all:
         s = ("from matplotlib.pylab import *\n"
              "from numpy import *\n")
         exec s in user_ns
 
 
 def configure_inline_support(shell, backend, user_ns=None):
     """Configure an IPython shell object for matplotlib use.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     shell : InteractiveShell instance
 
     backend : matplotlib backend
 
     user_ns : dict
       A namespace where all configured variables will be placed.  If not given,
       the `user_ns` attribute of the shell object is used.
     """
     # If using our svg payload backend, register the post-execution
     # function that will pick up the results for display.  This can only be
     # done with access to the real shell object.
 
     # Note: if we can't load the inline backend, then there's no point
     # continuing (such as in terminal-only shells in environments without
     # zeromq available).
     try:
         from IPython.kernel.zmq.pylab.backend_inline import InlineBackend
     except ImportError:
         return
     from matplotlib import pyplot
 
     user_ns = shell.user_ns if user_ns is None else user_ns
     
     cfg = InlineBackend.instance(config=shell.config)
     cfg.shell = shell
     if cfg not in shell.configurables:
         shell.configurables.append(cfg)
 
     if backend == backends['inline']:
         from IPython.kernel.zmq.pylab.backend_inline import flush_figures
         shell.register_post_execute(flush_figures)
 
         # Save rcParams that will be overwrittern
         shell._saved_rcParams = dict()
         for k in cfg.rc:
             shell._saved_rcParams[k] = pyplot.rcParams[k]
         # load inline_rc
         pyplot.rcParams.update(cfg.rc)
         # Add 'figsize' to pyplot and to the user's namespace
         user_ns['figsize'] = pyplot.figsize = figsize
     else:
         from IPython.kernel.zmq.pylab.backend_inline import flush_figures
         if flush_figures in shell._post_execute:
             shell._post_execute.pop(flush_figures)
         if hasattr(shell, '_saved_rcParams'):
             pyplot.rcParams.update(shell._saved_rcParams)
             del shell._saved_rcParams
 
     # Setup the default figure format
     fmt = cfg.figure_format
     select_figure_format(shell, fmt)
 
     # The old pastefig function has been replaced by display
     from IPython.core.display import display
     # Add display and getfigs to the user's namespace
     user_ns['display'] = display
     user_ns['getfigs'] = getfigs
 
 
 def pylab_activate(user_ns, gui=None, import_all=True, shell=None, welcome_message=False):
     """Activate pylab mode in the user's namespace.
 
     Loads and initializes numpy, matplotlib and friends for interactive use.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     user_ns : dict
       Namespace where the imports will occur.
 
     gui : optional, string
       A valid gui name following the conventions of the %gui magic.
 
     import_all : optional, boolean
       If true, an 'import *' is done from numpy and pylab.
 
     welcome_message : optional, boolean
       If true, print a welcome message about pylab, which includes the backend
       being used.
 
     Returns
     -------
     The actual gui used (if not given as input, it was obtained from matplotlib
     itself, and will be needed next to configure IPython's gui integration.
     """
     pylab_gui_select = shell.pylab_gui_select if shell is not None else None
     # Try to find the appropriate gui and backend for the settings
     gui, backend = find_gui_and_backend(gui, pylab_gui_select)
     if shell is not None and gui != 'inline':
         # If we have our first gui selection, store it
         if pylab_gui_select is None:
             shell.pylab_gui_select = gui
         # Otherwise if they are different
         elif gui != pylab_gui_select:
             print ('Warning: Cannot change to a different GUI toolkit: %s.'
                     ' Using %s instead.' % (gui, pylab_gui_select))
             gui, backend = find_gui_and_backend(pylab_gui_select)
     activate_matplotlib(backend)
     import_pylab(user_ns, import_all)
     if shell is not None:
         configure_inline_support(shell, backend, user_ns)
     if welcome_message:
         print """
 Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment [backend: %s].
 For more information, type 'help(pylab)'.""" % backend
         # flush stdout, just to be safe
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
     return gui