obspy.core.util.misc.MatplotlibBackend¶

class MatplotlibBackend(backend, sloppy=True, close=False)[source]¶

Bases: builtins.object

A helper class for switching the matplotlib backend.

Can be used as a context manager to temporarily switch the backend or by using the switch_backend() staticmethod.

The context manager has no effect when setting backend=None.

Parameters:

backend (str) Name of matplotlib backend to switch to. sloppy (bool) If True, uses matplotlib.pyplot.switch_backend() and no warning will be shown if the backend was not switched successfully. If False, additionally tries to use matplotlib.use() first and also shows a warning if the backend was not switched successfully. close (bool) Whether to close all matplotlib figures when exiting the context manager.

Attributes

__dict__
__doc__	str(object=’‘) -> str
__module__	str(object=’‘) -> str
__weakref__	list of weak references to the object (if defined)

Public Methods

switch_backend

Switch matplotlib backend.

Special Methods

__dir__	default dir() implementation
__enter__
__exit__
__format__	default object formatter
__init__
__new__	Create and return a new object.
__reduce__	helper for pickle
__reduce_ex__	helper for pickle
__sizeof__	size of object in memory, in bytes
__subclasshook__	Abstract classes can override this to customize issubclass().