Saving Matplotlib graphs to image as full screen

Question

I\'m building a small graphing utility using Pandas and MatPlotLib to parse data and output graphs from a machine at work.

When I output the graph using

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Answer 1

I've found the most common answer on this website. It's a ragbag of all of those answers. It seems that it can be used in all cases without compatibility problems.

Don't hesitate to comment if you have some troubles with this answer.

# Maximise the plotting window
plot_backend = matplotlib.get_backend()
mng = plt.get_current_fig_manager()
if plot_backend == 'TkAgg':
    mng.resize(*mng.window.maxsize())
elif plot_backend == 'wxAgg':
    mng.frame.Maximize(True)
elif plot_backend == 'Qt4Agg':
    mng.window.showMaximized()