Review plotting code so that `matplotlib.use('agg')` is not needed
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Description
Occasionally I find that it's necessary to use matplotlib.use('agg') to avoid errors with wind-up plotting. It doesn't feel like this should be necessary. For example I occasionally was seeing XIO: fatal IO error ... in linux but adding matplotlib.use('agg') in my script which used wind-up fixed the problem.
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The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating wind-up's plotting entry points and reproducing the Linux XIO error with and without matplotlib.use('agg'). Done means wind-up plotting works without requiring callers to add that workaround.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100