Hello,
I am writing a GUI using GTK+ library. I have a question about axes class imshow method memory consumption. If I pass the imshow an array, the resulting memory consuption is approximatelly 40 times greater than the array size. If I do not add the canvas to a window (in a code below), the memory consuption is as expected. Any tips on how to reduce the memory consuption would be very appreciated. Configuration and script are below.
os: Windowx XP
matplotlib version: 0.99.1
downloaded from: sourceforge.net
script:
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
from matplotlib.backends.backend_gtkagg import FigureCanvasGTKAgg
from pylab import rand
import gtk
window = gtk.Window()
window.connect("destroy", gtk.main_quit)
figure = Figure(figsize=(8,6), dpi=72)
canvas = FigureCanvasGTKAgg(figure)
axes = figure.add_subplot(111)
window.add(canvas)
axes.imshow(rand(1024,1024))
canvas.draw()
window.show_all()
gtk.main()
verbose-helpful output:
$HOME=C:\Documents and Settings\Sensej
CONFIGDIR=C:\Documents and Settings\Sensej\.matplotlib
matplotlib data path C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mpl-data
loaded rc file C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mpl-data\matplotlibrc
matplotlib version 0.99.1
verbose.level helpful
interactive is False
units is False
platform is win32
Using fontManager instance from C:\Documents and Settings\Sensej\.matplotlib\fontList.cache
backend GTKAgg version 2.12.1
findfont: Matching :family=sans-serif:style=normal:variant=normal:weight=normal:stretch=normal:size=medium to Bitstream Vera Sans (C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mpl-data\fonts\ttf\Vera.ttf) with score of 0.000000
Thank you,
Tomas.