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Question: should I use `%matplotlib widget` or `%matplotlib ipympl`
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Description
the README suggests to use
`%matplotlib widget`
however based on a small experiment that I described also here
https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/interactive-matplotlib-in-jupyterlab-no-longer-working/20017/3?u=parmentelat
it seems like using
`%matplotlib ipympl`
works too, and even better in the sense that it works also in vs-code
so, which is best ?
(I have several hundreds of notebooks written with
`%matplotlib notebook`
and that now must be changed for jlab4/nb7 at least, so as far as possible Id like to change them only once ;-)
and thank you for the awesome tool 👍
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Research direction
Start with the README guidance for `%matplotlib widget` and compare it with the reported `%matplotlib ipympl` behavior in JupyterLab and VS Code. Review the linked Discourse experiment and determine what recommendation the documentation should give for existing `%matplotlib notebook` notebooks. Done means the README clearly states which backend to use and where it works.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- jupyter-notebook, matplotlib
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100