Mostly finished on edits to inputhook.

docs/examples/lib/gui-mpl.py

@@ -1,48 +1,54 b''
 """Test the new %gui command.  Run this in ipython as
 
 In [1]: %gui [backend]
 
 In [2]: %run switchgui [backend]
 
 where the optional backend can be one of:  qt4, gtk, tk, wx.
+
+Because of subtle difference in how Matplotlib handles the different GUI 
+toolkits (in things like draw and show), minor modifications to this script
+have to be made for Tk to get it to work with the 0.99 and below releases
+of Matplotlib.  However, in the future, Matplotlib should be able to have 
+similar logic for all the toolkits, as they are all now using PyOS_InputHook.
 """
 
 import sys
 import time
 
 from  IPython.lib import inputhook
 
 gui = inputhook.current_gui()
 if gui is None:
     gui = 'qt4'
     inputhook.enable_qt4(app=True)
 
 backends = dict(wx='wxagg', qt4='qt4agg', gtk='gtkagg', tk='tkagg')
 
 import matplotlib
 matplotlib.use(backends[gui])
 matplotlib.interactive(True)
 
 import matplotlib
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt, mlab, pylab
 import numpy as np
 
 from numpy import *
 from matplotlib.pyplot import *
 
 x = np.linspace(0,pi,500)
 
 print "A plot has been created"
 line, = plot(x,sin(2*x))
-inputhook.spin()
+inputhook.spin() # This has to be removed for Tk
 
 
 print "Now, we will update the plot..."
 print
 for i in range(1,51):
     print i, 
     sys.stdout.flush()
     line.set_data(x,sin(x*i))
     plt.title('i=%d' % i)
     plt.draw()
-    inputhook.spin()
+    inputhook.spin() # This has to be removed for Tk