{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/winpython/winpython/issues/191","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/winpython/winpython/issues/191/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/winpython/winpython/issues/191/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/winpython/winpython/issues/191/events","html_url":"https://github.com/winpython/winpython/issues/191","id":114266794,"number":191,"title":"Qt plot window problems in Spyder's classic Python console","user":{"login":"jondo","id":21648,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21648?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo","html_url":"https://github.com/jondo","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2015-10-30T13:13:44Z","updated_at":"2015-11-02T09:13:16Z","closed_at":null,"body":"With `WinPython-64bit-3.4.3.6.exe`, when I am using Spyder to run the minimal script\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nplt.scatter([0], [0])\r\n```\r\nin a Python console, the Qt window only opens the first time. When I close it and run the script again, the Qt window only opens after pressing ctrl+c in the console.\r\n\r\n`WinPython-32bit-3.4.3.6.exe` has the same problem.\r\n\r\nWith `WinPython-64bit-3.4.3.6Qt5.exe`, the plot window even freezes and crashes Python.exe when it's opened the first time, without displaying anything.\r\n\r\nWith `WinPython-64bit-3.4.3.5.exe`, the Qt window reopens as expected everytime I close it and rerun the script.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/winpython/winpython/issues/comments/152963417","html_url":"https://github.com/winpython/winpython/issues/191#issuecomment-152963417","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/winpython/winpython/issues/191","id":152963417,"user":{"login":"jondo","id":21648,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21648?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo","html_url":"https://github.com/jondo","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jondo/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-02T09:13:16Z","updated_at":"2015-11-02T09:13:16Z","body":"With your suggestion to use \"a Ipython qtconsole of Spyder\", do you mean to change Spyder -> Tools -> Preferences -> IPython console -> Graphics -> Backend ?\r\n\r\nI have changed this to `Automatic`. Now my original example works in both the Qt4 and Qt5 versions of WinPython-64bit-3.4.3.6!\r\n\r\nI was not aware about this method to get interactive plot windows. Maybe I won't use Spyder's \"classic\" Python console any more now :-)\r\n"}}