mpl-ascii 0.1.0

A matplotlib backend that produces plots using only ASCII characters

mpl_ascii

A matplotlib backend that produces plots using only ASCII characters.

Quick start

Install mpl_ascii using pip

pip install mpl_ascii

To use mpl_ascii, add to your python program

import matplotlib as mpl

mpl.use("module://mpl_ascii")

When you use plt.show() then it will print the plots as strings that consists of ASCII characters.

If you want to save a figure to a .txt file then just use figure.savefig("my_figure.txt")

See more information about using backends here: https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/figure/backends.html