Save plot to image file instead of displaying it using Matplotlib

Question

I am writing a quick-and-dirty script to generate plots on the fly. I am using the code below (from Matplotlib documentation) as a starting point:

from pylab         


        

Answer 1

If, like me, you use Spyder IDE, you have to disable the interactive mode with :

plt.ioff()

(this command is automatically launched with the scientific startup)

If you want to enable it again, use :

plt.ion()