IPython/zmq/pylab/backend_inline.py

"""Produce SVG versions of active plots for display by the rich Qt frontend.
"""
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Imports
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
from __future__ import print_function

# Standard library imports
import sys

# Third-party imports
import matplotlib
from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import new_figure_manager
from matplotlib._pylab_helpers import Gcf

# Local imports.
from IPython.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable
from IPython.core.displaypub import publish_display_data
from IPython.lib.pylabtools import print_figure, select_figure_format
from IPython.utils.traitlets import Dict, Instance, CaselessStrEnum, CBool
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# Configurable for inline backend options
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

class InlineBackendConfig(SingletonConfigurable):
    """An object to store configuration of the inline backend."""

    # The typical default figure size is too large for inline use,
    # so we shrink the figure size to 6x4, and tweak fonts to
    # make that fit.  This is configurable via Global.pylab_inline_rc,
    # or rather it will be once the zmq kernel is hooked up to
    # the config system.
    rc = Dict({'figure.figsize': (6.0,4.0),
        # 12pt labels get cutoff on 6x4 logplots, so use 10pt.
        'font.size': 10,
        # 10pt still needs a little more room on the xlabel:
        'figure.subplot.bottom' : .125
        }, config=True,
        help="""Subset of matplotlib rcParams that should be different for the
        inline backend."""
    )
    figure_format = CaselessStrEnum(['svg', 'png'], default_value='png', config=True,
        help="The image format for figures with the inline backend.")

    def _figure_format_changed(self, name, old, new):
        if self.shell is None:
            return
        else:
            select_figure_format(self.shell, new)
    
    close_figures = CBool(True, config=True,
        help="""Close all figures at the end of each cell.
        
        When True, ensures that each cell starts with no active figures, but it
        also means that one must keep track of references in order to edit or
        redraw figures in subsequent cells. This mode is ideal for the notebook,
        where residual plots from other cells might be surprising.
        
        When False, one must call figure() to create new figures. This means
        that gcf() and getfigs() can reference figures created in other cells,
        and the active figure can continue to be edited with pylab/pyplot
        methods that reference the current active figure. This mode facilitates
        iterative editing of figures, and behaves most consistently with
        other matplotlib backends, but figure barriers between cells must
        be explicit.
        """)

    shell = Instance('IPython.core.interactiveshell.InteractiveShellABC')


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# Functions
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

def show(close=None):
    """Show all figures as SVG/PNG payloads sent to the IPython clients.

    Parameters
    ----------
    close : bool, optional
      If true, a ``plt.close('all')`` call is automatically issued after
      sending all the figures. If this is set, the figures will entirely
      removed from the internal list of figures.
    """
    if close is None:
        close = InlineBackendConfig.instance().close_figures
    for figure_manager in Gcf.get_all_fig_managers():
        send_figure(figure_manager.canvas.figure)
    if close:
        matplotlib.pyplot.close('all')
    show._to_draw = []



# This flag will be reset by draw_if_interactive when called
show._draw_called = False
# list of figures to draw when flush_figures is called
show._to_draw = []


def draw_if_interactive():
    """
    Is called after every pylab drawing command
    """
    # signal that the current active figure should be sent at the end of execution.
    # Also sets the _draw_called flag, signaling that there will be something to send.
    # At the end of the code execution, a separate call to flush_figures()
    # will act upon these values
    
    fig = Gcf.get_active().canvas.figure
    
    # ensure current figure will be drawn, and each subsequent call
    # of draw_if_interactive() moves the active figure to ensure it is
    # drawn last
    try:
        show._to_draw.remove(fig)
    except ValueError:
        # ensure it only appears in the draw list once
        pass
    show._to_draw.append(fig)
    show._draw_called = True

def flush_figures():
    """Send all figures that changed

    This is meant to be called automatically and will call show() if, during
    prior code execution, there had been any calls to draw_if_interactive.
    """
    if not show._draw_called:
        return
    
    if InlineBackendConfig.instance().close_figures:
        # ignore the tracking, just draw and close all figures
        return show(True)
    
    # exclude any figures that were closed:
    active = set([fm.canvas.figure for fm in Gcf.get_all_fig_managers()])
    for fig in [ fig for fig in show._to_draw if fig in active ]:
        send_figure(fig)
    # clear flags for next round
    show._to_draw = []
    show._draw_called = False


def send_figure(fig):
    """Draw the current figure and send it as a PNG payload.
    """
    # For an empty figure, don't even bother calling figure_to_svg, to avoid
    # big blank spaces in the qt console
    if not fig.axes:
        return
    fmt = InlineBackendConfig.instance().figure_format
    data = print_figure(fig, fmt)
    mimetypes = { 'png' : 'image/png', 'svg' : 'image/svg+xml' }
    mime = mimetypes[fmt]
    # flush text streams before sending figures, helps a little with output
    # synchronization in the console (though it's a bandaid, not a real sln)
    sys.stdout.flush(); sys.stderr.flush()
    publish_display_data(
        'IPython.zmq.pylab.backend_inline.send_figure',
        {mime : data}
    )