How to automatically maximize a pylab plot window in python?

Question

In python (under Ubuntu Linux), I'm using pylab to make plots.

When I call:

pylab.savefig(filename)

It saves the figure at the current screen resolution. The looks terrible if I have lots of subplots, so I usually have to manually maximize the window before I call 'savefig'.

Examples:

-- Without maximizing the window

-- With window maximized

Is there some way to automatically maximize a pylab window?

(I saw someone had posted a solution for Windows using win32gui, but I'm in Linux)

Thanks!

lavrton · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-27 15:58:58Z

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You can change resolution this way:

pylab.savefig('new.png', dpi = 500)

answered Oct 27, 2011 at 15:58

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Ciaran Over a year ago

That's useful to know, but it doesn't quite solve the problem. I'm going to add some image examples to my question

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