Plot widgets — PlotPy 2.7 Manual (original) (raw)

A plotpy-based plotting widget may be constructed using one of the following methods:

• Interactive mode: when manipulating and visualizing data in an interactive Python or IPython interpreter, the :py:mod`.pyplot` module provide the easiest way to plot curves, show images and more. Syntax is similar to MATLAB’s, thus very easy to learn and to use interactively.
• Script mode: when manipulating and visualizing data using a script, the :py:mod`.pyplot` module is still a good choice as long as you don’t need to customize the figure graphical user interface (GUI) layout. However, if you want to add other widgets to the GUI, like menus, buttons and so on, you should rather use plotting widget classes instead of the pyplot helper functions.

There are two kinds of plotting widgets defined in plotpy:

• low-level plotting widget: plot.base.BasePlot
• high-level plotting widgets (ready-to-use widgets with integrated tools and panels): plot.PlotWidget and corresponding dialog boxplot.PlotDialog and windowplot.PlotWindow

Plot widgets with integrated plot manager:

See also

Plot items

Plot items: curves, images, markers, etc.

Plot widgets

Ready-to-use curve and image plotting widgets and dialog boxes

Contents:

• Overview
  • Features
  • Class diagrams
• Examples
  • Using PlotWidget
  • Using a plot manager
• Reference
  • High-level features
  • Low-level features