matplotlib · tacaswell · Apr 11, 2015 · Apr 5, 2015 · Apr 5, 2015 · Apr 5, 2015
diff --git a/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_qt4.py b/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_qt4.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import random
-from matplotlib.backends import qt4_compat
-use_pyside = qt4_compat.QT_API == qt4_compat.QT_API_PYSIDE
+from matplotlib.backends import qt_compat
+use_pyside = qt_compat.QT_API == qt_compat.QT_API_PYSIDE
 if use_pyside:
     from PySide import QtGui, QtCore
 else:

diff --git a/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_qt5.py b/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_qt5.py
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# embedding_in_qt5.py --- Simple Qt5 application embedding matplotlib canvases
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2005 Florent Rougon
+#               2006 Darren Dale
+#               2015 Jens H Nielsen
+#
+# This file is an example program for matplotlib. It may be used and
+# modified with no restriction; raw copies as well as modified versions
+# may be distributed without limitation.
+
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import sys
+import os
+import random
+import matplotlib
+# Make sure that we are using QT5
+matplotlib.use('Qt5Agg')
+from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtCore, QtWidgets
+
+from numpy import arange, sin, pi
+from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt5agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
+from matplotlib.figure import Figure
+
+progname = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+progversion = "0.1"
+
+
+class MyMplCanvas(FigureCanvas):
+    """Ultimately, this is a QWidget (as well as a FigureCanvasAgg, etc.)."""
+
+    def __init__(self, parent=None, width=5, height=4, dpi=100):
+        fig = Figure(figsize=(width, height), dpi=dpi)
+        self.axes = fig.add_subplot(111)
+        # We want the axes cleared every time plot() is called
+        self.axes.hold(False)
+
+        self.compute_initial_figure()
+
+        #
+        FigureCanvas.__init__(self, fig)
+        self.setParent(parent)
+
+        FigureCanvas.setSizePolicy(self,
+                                   QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding,
+                                   QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
+        FigureCanvas.updateGeometry(self)
+
+    def compute_initial_figure(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class MyStaticMplCanvas(MyMplCanvas):
+    """Simple canvas with a sine plot."""
+
+    def compute_initial_figure(self):
+        t = arange(0.0, 3.0, 0.01)
+        s = sin(2*pi*t)
+        self.axes.plot(t, s)
+
+
+class MyDynamicMplCanvas(MyMplCanvas):
+    """A canvas that updates itself every second with a new plot."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        MyMplCanvas.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        timer = QtCore.QTimer(self)
+        timer.timeout.connect(self.update_figure)
+        timer.start(1000)
+
+    def compute_initial_figure(self):
+        self.axes.plot([0, 1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 0, 4], 'r')
+
+    def update_figure(self):
+        # Build a list of 4 random integers between 0 and 10 (both inclusive)
+        l = [random.randint(0, 10) for i in range(4)]
+
+        self.axes.plot([0, 1, 2, 3], l, 'r')
+        self.draw()
+
+
+class ApplicationWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
+    def __init__(self):
+        QtWidgets.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
+        self.setAttribute(QtCore.Qt.WA_DeleteOnClose)
+        self.setWindowTitle("application main window")
+
+        self.file_menu = QtWidgets.QMenu('&File', self)
+        self.file_menu.addAction('&Quit', self.fileQuit,
+                                 QtCore.Qt.CTRL + QtCore.Qt.Key_Q)
+        self.menuBar().addMenu(self.file_menu)
+
+        self.help_menu = QtWidgets.QMenu('&Help', self)
+        self.menuBar().addSeparator()
+        self.menuBar().addMenu(self.help_menu)
+
+        self.help_menu.addAction('&About', self.about)
+
+        self.main_widget = QtWidgets.QWidget(self)
+
+        l = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self.main_widget)
+        sc = MyStaticMplCanvas(self.main_widget, width=5, height=4, dpi=100)
+        dc = MyDynamicMplCanvas(self.main_widget, width=5, height=4, dpi=100)
+        l.addWidget(sc)
+        l.addWidget(dc)
+
+        self.main_widget.setFocus()
+        self.setCentralWidget(self.main_widget)
+
+        self.statusBar().showMessage("All hail matplotlib!", 2000)
+
+    def fileQuit(self):
+        self.close()
+
+    def closeEvent(self, ce):
+        self.fileQuit()
+
+    def about(self):
+        QtGui.QMessageBox.about(self, "About",
+                                """embedding_in_qt5.py example
+Copyright 2005 Florent Rougon, 2006 Darren Dale, 2015 Jens H Nielsen
+
+This program is a simple example of a Qt5 application embedding matplotlib
+canvases.
+
+It may be used and modified with no restriction; raw copies as well as
+modified versions may be distributed without limitation.
+
+This is modified from the embedding in qt4 example to show the difference
+between qt4 and qt5"""
+                                )
+
+
+qApp = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
+
+aw = ApplicationWindow()
+aw.setWindowTitle("%s" % progname)
+aw.show()
+sys.exit(qApp.exec_())
+#qApp.exec_()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5.py
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ def __init__(self, figure):
         # NB: Using super for this call to avoid a TypeError:
         # __init__() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given) on QWidget
         # PyQt5
+        # The need for this change is documented here
+        # http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt5/pyqt4_differences.html#cooperative-multi-inheritance
         super(FigureCanvasQT, self).__init__(figure=figure)
         self.figure = figure
         self.setMouseTracking(True)