hard to interpret error in `Frame.show`

[tlambert03]

hard to interpret error in `Frame.show`

[tlambert03]

(using pyqt6 instead of pyside6 solved it... but the error is still confusing)

[kushalkolar]

Sorry for the late reply, busy time of year! I think the issue is that you tried to force the Qt canvas but pyqt6 was not installed. Right now the %gui qt hook specifically looks for pyqt6, we have plans for pyside etc. support on the roadmap #384

[tlambert03]

What makes you say that? I use the %gui qt magic with pyside all the time.

I also could get this error simply by running the script outside of ipython.

But in any case, the issue here is not “add support for pyside”, it’s “ensure that a name error is never encountered, regardless of the user’s environment”

[kushalkolar]

Yup that hook works with pyside, but fastplotlib doesn't. This is one place where we need to add more than pyqt6: https://github.com/fastplotlib/fastplotlib/blob/main/fastplotlib%2Flayouts%2F_frame%2F_qt_output.py