"""Implementation of magic functions for matplotlib/pylab support. """ #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2012 The IPython Development Team. # # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License. # # The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software. #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Imports #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Our own packages from IPython.config.application import Application from IPython.core.magic import Magics, register_magics, line_magic from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Magic implementation classes #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- @register_magics class PylabMagics(Magics): """Magics related to matplotlib's pylab support""" @skip_doctest @line_magic def pylab(self, parameter_s=''): """Load numpy and matplotlib to work interactively. %pylab [GUINAME] This function lets you activate pylab (matplotlib, numpy and interactive support) at any point during an IPython session. It will import at the top level numpy as np, pyplot as plt, matplotlib, pylab and mlab, as well as all names from numpy and pylab. If you are using the inline matplotlib backend for embedded figures, you can adjust its behavior via the %config magic:: # enable SVG figures, necessary for SVG+XHTML export in the qtconsole In [1]: %config InlineBackend.figure_format = 'svg' # change the behavior of closing all figures at the end of each # execution (cell), or allowing reuse of active figures across # cells: In [2]: %config InlineBackend.close_figures = False Parameters ---------- guiname : optional One of the valid arguments to the %gui magic ('qt', 'wx', 'gtk', 'osx' or 'tk'). If given, the corresponding Matplotlib backend is used, otherwise matplotlib's default (which you can override in your matplotlib config file) is used. Examples -------- In this case, where the MPL default is TkAgg:: In [2]: %pylab Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment. Backend in use: TkAgg For more information, type 'help(pylab)'. But you can explicitly request a different backend:: In [3]: %pylab qt Welcome to pylab, a matplotlib-based Python environment. Backend in use: Qt4Agg For more information, type 'help(pylab)'. """ if Application.initialized(): app = Application.instance() try: import_all_status = app.pylab_import_all except AttributeError: import_all_status = True else: import_all_status = True self.shell.enable_pylab(parameter_s, import_all=import_all_status)