Plotting backend is set to vtk even though no vtk is present
Issue #662
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In the docker images no vtk is included, but plot still uses VTKPlotter.
Two related issues:
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can the backend fall back to matplotlib if dolfin is not configured with vtk?
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can the backend fall back to matplotlib if running in a jupyter notebook?
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reporter -
How about always defaulting to matplolib? This could smooth the way to removing VTK.
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reporter 3d support with matplotlib is horrible.
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@martinal Yes - I'll try to merge some X3DOM plotting today. I've seen that Python has a standard library module
webbrowser
for opening a browser, which will be handy. -
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Is this still an issue? This might have been fixed.
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parameters.plotting_backend == 'matplotlib'
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Here's how to check if we're in an ipython notebook setting, contributed by Min RK: