Using Ion() From Pylab Causes Matplotlib To Hang

I'm using Enthought's 32 bit python distribution for mac. If I try: $ ipython In [1] from pylab import * In [2] ion() In [3] plot([1,2],[1,2]) The figure is created, but python fr

Solution 1:

I was using the 'WXAgg' backend and I switched to 'macosx' this seems to fix the problem

In [1]: import matplotlib

In [2]: matplotlib.get_backend()
Out[2]: 'WXAgg'

In [3]: matplotlib.use('macosx')

In [4]: matplotlib.get_backend()
Out[4]: 'MacOSX'

In [5]: from pylab import *

In [6]: ion()

In [7]: plot([1,2]) # now works fine