git subrepo clone --branch=interactive_matplotlib --force https://git…

…hub.com/impact27/spyder-kernels.git external-deps/spyder-kernels

subrepo:
  subdir:   "external-deps/spyder-kernels"
  merged:   "961305dcf"
upstream:
  origin:   "https://github.com/impact27/spyder-kernels.git"
  branch:   "interactive_matplotlib"
  commit:   "961305dcf"
git-subrepo:
  version:  "0.4.1"
  origin:   "https://github.com/ingydotnet/git-subrepo"
  commit:   "a04d8c2"

external-deps/spyder-kernels/.gitrepo

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 ;
 [subrepo]
 	remote = https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder-kernels.git
-	branch = 1.x
-	commit = aaacb2da08305b24a9d9e8d345801794b5251a9b
-	parent = 6b908df720e9e8ed5f16e410c0f81650da03b35c
+	branch = interactive_matplotlib
+	commit = 961305dcfe5dcb3a5a328c8e1b5b74e5dfdc3a64
+	parent = 1cbaf187002334b94ff2414175b816f4f524bac2
 	method = merge
 	cmdver = 0.4.1

external-deps/spyder-kernels/spyder_kernels/console/kernel.py

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 from spyder_kernels.comms.frontendcomm import FrontendComm
 from spyder_kernels.py3compat import PY3, input
 from spyder_kernels.utils.misc import (
-    MPL_BACKENDS_FROM_SPYDER, MPL_BACKENDS_TO_SPYDER, INLINE_FIGURE_FORMATS)
+    MPL_BACKENDS_FROM_SPYDER, MPL_BACKENDS_TO_SPYDER, INLINE_FIGURE_FORMATS,
+    automatic_backend)
 
 
 # Excluded variables from the Variable Explorer (i.e. they are not
@@ -54,6 +55,17 @@ def get_local_scope(self, stack_depth):
         else:
             return frame.f_locals
 
+    def enable_matplotlib(self, gui=None):
+        """Enable matplotlib."""
+        if gui.lower() == "auto":
+            gui = automatic_backend()
+        gui, backend = super(SpyderShell, self).enable_matplotlib(gui)
+        try:
+            self.kernel.frontend_call(blocking=False).update_matplotlib_gui(gui)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        return gui, backend
+
 
 class SpyderKernel(IPythonKernel):
     """Spyder kernel for Jupyter."""