Today I Learned

Some Tests on Matplotlib Backends

Among the many matplotlib backends, what I found is that TkAgg and WebAgg works well on a mac.

Backends could either be set in your bashrc/zshrc files using

MPLBACKEND = 

or a file located at ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc using

backend = 

A very useful customized backend is itermplot which displays plot result right in your iterm.