Embedded charts in PyCharm IPython console

Question

Is there a way to allow embedded Matplotlib charts in the IPython console that is activated within PyCharm? I\'m looking for similar behavior to what can be done with the QT

Answer 1

It doesn't look like you can do it: PyCharm does not use the 'qtconsole' of ipython, but either a plain text console (when you open the "Python console" tab in PyCharm) or ipython notebook (when you open a *.ipynb file). Moreover, PyCharm is done in Java, while to have an interactive plot Matplotlib needs to have a direct connection/knowledge/understanding of the underlying graphic toolkit used... Matplotlib doesn't support any Java based backend, so i guess Pycharm would need to "bridge" the native underlying toolkit...