.. _old_animation-gtk_timeout: old_animation example code: gtk_timeout.py ========================================== [`source code `_] :: import gobject import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('GTKAgg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig, ax = plt.subplots() line, = ax.plot(np.random.rand(10)) ax.set_ylim(0, 1) def update(): line.set_ydata(np.random.rand(10)) fig.canvas.draw_idle() return True # return False to terminate the updates gobject.timeout_add(100, update) # you can also use idle_add to update when gtk is idle plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)