[IPython-User] matplotlib integration without pylab

[David Warde-Farley]

On 2012-03-11, at 1:43 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Is there a way to get --pylab style matplotlib integration (i.e., no
> need for blocking calls to matplotlib.pyplot.show() to display figures)
> without any of the other effects that come with --pylab? In particular,
> I do not want my namespace to be polluted with all the pylab commands.

Use --gui=<backend>.