exactly what I want. thanks!<br><br>chao<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/3/30 Thomas Kluyver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:takowl@gmail.com">takowl@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 30 March 2012 09:47, Chao YUE <<a href="mailto:chaoyuejoy@gmail.com">chaoyuejoy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I use matplotlib within ipython interactive session. each time I use<br>
> plt.show() to show a plot,<br>
> it will stay in current session and I have to close it to continue. Can I<br>
> show the plot at background?<br>
> something like<br>
<br>
</div>If I understand you right, you want pylab mode, where you can keep<br>
typing commands into IPython with a plot open. Start it with "ipython<br>
--pylab", or use the %pylab magic function inside IPython.<br>
<br>
Thomas<br>
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