pylab without X11

[Willem-Jan Vriend]

Thanks that worked ! I changed the backend to Agg.

Allthough a problem there is that with the backend Agg you only can 
write the resulting image to a file or a file like object, it does not 
accept the (apache) request handler to write the file to. And I do not 
want to save the file to disk first before sending to the client.

WJV

marc wrote:
> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">This may 
> help you ... or not
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> You may have to change your backend :
>
> p13 of the matplotlib user guide: backends
> p17 how to change the backend in the matplotlibrc
>
> An example of matplotlibrc ( backend choice is at the beginning ):
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlibrc
>
> You may choose PS or SVG or pdf, there might be other possibilities, I 
> do not know
> To save the file : savefig
>
>
>
> Marc
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> Willem-Jan Vriend a écrit :
>> I want to use pylab (matplotlib) on a machine without X11. I'm trying 
>> to generate onthefly graphics for an apache2 web service, so they do 
>> not have to be displayed on this machine !
>>
>> When i do
>>    pylab.figure()
>> I get the error
>>    TclError: couldn't connect to display ":0.0"
>>
>> I tried setting the DISPLAY environment variable to "", ":0.0" but I 
>> got the same error message.
>>
>> Any help is very much appreciated.
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