rootnotes.py

"""
Helper module for displaying ROOT canvases in ipython notebooks

Usage example:
    # Save this file as rootnotes.py to your working directory.
    
    import rootnotes
    c1 = rootnotes.default_canvas()
    fun1 = TF1( 'fun1', 'abs(sin(x)/x)', 0, 10)
    c1.SetGridx()
    c1.SetGridy()
    fun1.Draw()
    c1

More examples: http://mazurov.github.io/webfest2013/

@author alexander.mazurov@cern.ch
@author andrey.ustyuzhanin@cern.ch
@date 2013-08-09
"""

import ROOT
ROOT.gROOT.SetBatch()

import tempfile
from IPython.core import display


def canvas(name="icanvas", size=(800, 600)):
    """Helper method for creating canvas"""

    # Check if icanvas already exists
    canvas = ROOT.gROOT.FindObject(name)
    assert len(size) == 2
    if canvas:
        return canvas
    else:
        return ROOT.TCanvas(name, name, size[0], size[1])


def default_canvas(name="icanvas", size=(800, 600)):
    """ depricated """
    return canvas(name=name, size=size)


def _display_canvas(canvas):
    file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".png")
    canvas.SaveAs(file.name)
    ip_img = display.Image(filename=file.name, format='png', embed=True)
    return ip_img._repr_png_()


def _display_any(obj):
    file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".png")
    obj.Draw()
    ROOT.gPad.SaveAs(file.name)
    ip_img = display.Image(filename=file.name, format='png', embed=True)
    return ip_img._repr_png_()

# register display function with PNG formatter:
png_formatter = get_ipython().display_formatter.formatters['image/png']  # noqa

# Register ROOT types in ipython
#
#   In  [1]: canvas = rootnotes.canvas()
#   In  [2]: canvas
#   Out [2]: [image will be here]
png_formatter.for_type(ROOT.TCanvas, _display_canvas)
png_formatter.for_type(ROOT.TF1, _display_any)