[IPython-dev] mayavi with ipython

[Fernando Perez]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Satrajit Ghosh <satra at mit.edu> wrote:
> we would like to launch a simple interactive mayavi window.
>
> ---
> from mayavi import mlab
> mlab.test_mesh()
> mlab.show()
> ---
>
> but we would like this to launch from the terminal and return us an ipython
> prompt so that we can interact with the objects. unfortunately, we don't
> understand the event loop interactions too well.
>
> any ideas on how to achieve this?

One way:

1. put the code into a script, but do NOT call show() (which blocks):

amirbar[~]> cat mv.py
from enthought.mayavi import mlab
mlab.test_mesh()


2. Start it as

ipython --gui wx -i mv.py


Cheers,

f