I'd like to have a batch file in one folder with a python
script. The batch file should call the script in IPython
and plot the figures inline / embedded. Though there is lots of info on this around, I failed getting this to work.
- How to run a
python
script withIPython
, showing plots embedded? - Do I need to use
pylab
or can I just importmatplotlib.pyplot
in the script? - Do I have to adapt anything else in the script?
- Is
%pylab inline
/%matplotlib inline
to be used or not?
The latter commands give
In [1]: %pylab inline
UsageError: Invalid GUI request u'inline', valid ones are:[None, 'osx', 'qt4',
'glut', 'gtk3', 'pyglet', 'wx', 'none', 'qt', 'gtk', 'tk']
In [2]: %matplotlib inline
UsageError: Invalid GUI request u'inline', valid ones are: [None, 'osx', 'qt4',
'glut', 'gtk3', 'pyglet', 'wx', 'none', 'qt', 'gtk', 'tk']`
Up to now I tried the following (luckless)
ipython --pylab=inline example_plots.py
Gives me the following and quits
E:\CD\package\bin>ipython --pylab=inline example_plots.py
WARNING: 'inline' not available as pylab backend, using 'auto' instead.
WARNING: 'inline' not available as pylab backend, using 'auto' instead.
or from console it runs but as usual with figures popping up (and closing right away):
E:\CD\package\bin>ipython --pylab=inline example_plots.py
WARNING: 'inline' not available as pylab backend, using 'auto' instead.
WARNING: 'inline' not available as pylab backend, using 'auto' instead.
Using matplotlib backend: Qt4Agg
# runs python script as usual (not inline)
Following How to make IPython notebook matplotlib plot inline
With the batch file (and the same with the console):
ipython notebook --pylab inline example_plots.py
2014-01-26 17:52:10.101 [NotebookApp] Using existing profile dir: u'C:\\Users\\Robert\\.ipython\\profile_default'
2014-01-26 17:52:10.111 [NotebookApp] Using MathJax from CDN: http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js
2014-01-26 17:52:10.127 [NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: E:\CD\package\bin
2014-01-26 17:52:10.128 [NotebookApp] The IPython Notebook is running at: http://127.0.0.1:8888/
2014-01-26 17:52:10.128 [NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
Opens an empty notebook and thats it.
What else should I try?
Python 2.7.5 (default, May 15 2013, 22:43:36) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
IPython 1.1.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.