Python Matplotlib hangs when asked to plot a second chart (after closing first chart window)

Question

Weird behaviour, I\'m sure it\'s me screwing up, but I\'d like to get to the bottom of what\'s happening:

I am running the following code to create a very simple graph

Answer 1

Have you tried to use ipython instead of the standard python interpreter?

You can install ipython with the following command:

easy_install ipython

and then, ipython has a specific mode to be ran with pylab, called -pylab:

ipython -pylab

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I think that most of the people use this solution to plot graphs with python, it is a command line similar to the one of R/Matlab, completition, etc... and it runs a separated thread for every plot so it shouldn't have the problem you have described.