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"""
Example of how to directly embed Chaco into Qt widgets.
The actual plot being created is drawn from the basic/line_plot1.py code.
This demo is intended to be run standalone and will not work within the etsdemo
application.
"""
from traits.etsconfig.etsconfig import ETSConfig
ETSConfig.toolkit = "qt4"
from numpy import linspace
from scipy.special import jn
from pyface.qt import QtGui
from pyface.util.guisupport import get_app_qt4, start_event_loop_qt4
from enable.api import Window
from chaco.api import ArrayPlotData, Plot
from chaco.tools.api import PanTool, ZoomTool
def create_chaco_plot(parent):
x = linspace(-2.0, 10.0, 100)
pd = ArrayPlotData(index=x)
for i in range(5):
pd.set_data("y" + str(i), jn(i, x))
# Create some line plots of some of the data
plot = Plot(pd, title="Line Plot", padding=50, border_visible=True)
plot.legend.visible = True
plot.plot(("index", "y0", "y1", "y2"), name="j_n, n<3", color="red")
plot.plot(("index", "y3"), name="j_3", color="blue")
# Attach some tools to the plot
plot.tools.append(PanTool(plot))
zoom = ZoomTool(component=plot, tool_mode="box", always_on=False)
plot.overlays.append(zoom)
# This Window object bridges the Enable and Qt4 worlds, and handles events
# and drawing. We can create whatever hierarchy of nested containers we
# want, as long as the top-level item gets set as the .component attribute
# of a Window.
return Window(parent, -1, component=plot)
def main():
app = get_app_qt4()
main_window = QtGui.QMainWindow()
main_window.resize(500, 500)
enable_window = create_chaco_plot(main_window)
# The .control attribute references a QWidget that gives Chaco events
# and that Chaco paints into.
main_window.setCentralWidget(enable_window.control)
main_window.show()
start_event_loop_qt4(app)
return main_window
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Save window so that it doesn't get garbage collected when run within
# existing event loop (i.e. from ipython).
window = main()