Merge pull request #4875 from tacaswell/fix_inline_bug

jenshnielsen · jenshnielsen · commit f852c0ccb099 · 2015-08-11T21:08:51.000+01:00
FIX: add explict draw_if_interactive in figure()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -531,6 +531,13 @@ def make_active(event):
         _pylab_helpers.Gcf.set_active(figManager)
         figManager.canvas.figure.number = num
 
+        # make sure backends (inline) that we don't ship that expect this
+        # to be called in plotting commands to make the figure call show
+        # still work.  There is probably a better way to do this in the
+        # FigureManager base class.
+        if matplotlib.is_interactive():
+            draw_if_interactive()
+
         if _INSTALL_FIG_OBSERVER:
             figManager.canvas.figure.add_callback(_auto_draw_if_interactive)
 
