Merge pull request #508 from adtzlr/start-xvfb-notebook-plotting

Start virtual framebuffer for notebook plotting of views

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [7.6.1] - 2023-08-07
+
+### Changed
+- Start a virtual framebuffer in Jupyter notebook plotting of `View.plot(notebook=True)`. Note: Requires `sudo apt-get install xvfb`.
+
 ## [7.6.0] - 2023-08-06
 
 ### Added

src/felupe/__about__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "7.6.0"
+__version__ = "7.6.1"

src/felupe/tools/_plot.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 along with FElupe.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
+import os
+
 import numpy as np
 
 from ..math import eigvalsh, tovoigt
@@ -112,6 +114,12 @@ def plot(
         if theme is not None:
             pv.set_plot_theme(theme)
 
+        # try to start a virtual framebuffer on linux
+        # requires ``sudo apt-get install xvfb``
+        if notebook:
+            if os.name == "posix":
+                pv.start_xvfb()
+
         if plotter is None:
             plotter = pv.Plotter(off_screen=off_screen, notebook=notebook)