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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Request: for non-interactive backends make fig.canvas.draw() force the render","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\nhttps://discourse.matplotlib.org/t/fig-draw-renderer-vs-fig-canvas-draw/20890\r\n\r\nWhen using a non-interactive backend (specifically the PGF backend), I noticed that fig.canvas.draw() isn’t equivalent to fig.draw(fig.canvas.get_renderer()). Can anyone please explain the difference between these two approaches?\r\n\r\n(this has been answered) Please see the explanation by @tacaswell on discourse.\r\n\r\nReproducing the last part of the response since it is potentially an actionable item \r\n\u003e I suspect that we should add code to the draw methods of the non-interactive backends to force the render, but that needs a bit of thought to make sure we don’t have any unintended consequences of that.\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/pharshalp","@type":"Person","name":"pharshalp"},"datePublished":"2020-02-19T19:05:41.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/16558/matplotlib/issues/16558"}