.. _event_handling-idle_and_timeout: event_handling example code: idle_and_timeout.py ================================================ [`source code `_] :: from __future__ import print_function """ Demonstrate/test the idle and timeout API This is only tested on gtk so far and is a prototype implementation """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111) t = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01) y1 = np.sin(2*np.pi*t) y2 = np.cos(2*np.pi*t) line1, = ax.plot(y1) line2, = ax.plot(y2) N = 100 def on_idle(event): on_idle.count +=1 print('idle', on_idle.count) line1.set_ydata(np.sin(2*np.pi*t*(N-on_idle.count)/float(N))) event.canvas.draw() # test boolean return removal if on_idle.count==N: return False return True on_idle.cid = None on_idle.count = 0 fig.canvas.mpl_connect('idle_event', on_idle) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)