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Fix interactive mode detection #2503

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Consider ourselves interactive if sys.flags.interactive is set.
mdboom Oct 7, 2013
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -1191,7 +1191,11 @@ def interactive(b):

def is_interactive():
'Return true if plot mode is interactive'
b = rcParams['interactive'] and hasattr(sys, 'ps1')
# ps1 exists if the python interpreter is running in an
# interactive console; sys.flags.interactive is true if a script
# is being run via "python -i".
b = rcParams['interactive'] and (
hasattr(sys, 'ps1') or sys.flags.interactive)
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For the benefit of future readers of the code, it might be worth adding a comment, something like:

# ps1 exists if the python interpreter is running in an interactive console;
# sys.flags.interactive is true if a script is being run via "python -i".

return b

def tk_window_focus():
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