guitest.py

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('TkAgg')

from numpy import arange, sin, pi
from matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg import FigureCanvasTkAgg, NavigationToolbar2TkAgg
# implement the default mpl key bindings
from matplotlib.backend_bases import key_press_handler


from matplotlib.figure import Figure

import sys
if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
    import Tkinter as Tk
else:
    import tkinter as Tk

root = Tk.Tk()
root.wm_title("Embedding in TK")


f = Figure(figsize=(3,2), dpi=150)
a = f.add_subplot(211)
t = arange(0.0, 3.0, 0.01)
s = sin(2*pi*t)

a.plot(t, s)

b = f.add_subplot(212)

b.plot(t, sin(4*pi*t))

f2 = Figure(figsize=(3,3), dpi=150)
c = f2.add_subplot(111)

c.plot(t, sin(6*pi*t))

# c = f.add_subplot(221)
#
# c.plot(t, sin(6*pi*t))

# a tk.DrawingArea
canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(f, master=root)
canvas.show()


# canvas.get_tk_widget().pack(side=Tk.TOP, fill=Tk.BOTH, expand=1)
#
# toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, root)
# toolbar.update()
canvas._tkcanvas.pack(side=Tk.LEFT, fill=Tk.BOTH, expand=1)

canvas2 = FigureCanvasTkAgg(f2, master=root)
canvas2.show()

canvas2._tkcanvas.pack(side=Tk.RIGHT, fill=Tk.BOTH, expand=1)



# def on_key_event(event):
#     print('you pressed %s' % event.key)
#     key_press_handler(event, canvas, toolbar)
#
# canvas.mpl_connect('key_press_event', on_key_event)
#
#
# def _quit():
#     root.quit()     # stops mainloop
#     root.destroy()  # this is necessary on Windows to prevent
#                     # Fatal Python Error: PyEval_RestoreThread: NULL tstate
#
# button = Tk.Button(master=root, text='Quit', command=_quit)
# button.pack(side=Tk.BOTTOM)

Tk.mainloop()
# If you put root.destroy() here, it will cause an error if
# the window is closed with the window manager.