I'm using Spyder3.1.2 IDE with Python 3.5 in Windows 10 and would like to know how to choose whether to show my plots in the iPython console or in a separate window. I found this other question but I get an error when I type %matplotlib qt (No module named PyQt4). I have also changed the preferences to show graphics "automatically" instead of "inline", but I'm still getting them inline.
What I want to end up with is a for loop where on every iteration I add a new point to my graph, which is visible immediately and is shown in a separate window to the console.
Many thanks for your time
You can run your script in a new python console every time you run it.
For that press F6 or go to Run/Configure... and select "Execute in a new dedicated Python console.
Since this python console will not be an IPython console, there is no need to perform any other settings.
The plot should show up in a window upon plt.show().
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42655533/python-spyder-choose-where-and-when-to-show-plots