How can I open the interactive matplotlib window in IPython notebook?

Question

I am using IPython with --pylab=inline and would sometimes like to quickly switch to the interactive, zoomable matplotlib GUI for viewing plots (the one that po

Answer 1

A better solution for your problem might be the Charts library. It enables you to use the excellent Highcharts javascript library to make beautiful and interactive plots. Highcharts uses the HTML svg tag so all your charts are actually vector images.

Some features:

• Vector plots which you can download in .png, .jpg and .svg formats so you will never run into resolution problems
• Interactive charts (zoom, slide, hover over points, ...)
• Usable in an IPython notebook
• Explore hundreds of data structures at the same time using the asynchronous plotting capabilities.

Disclaimer: I'm the developer of the library