use(backend, *, force=True)
The backend to switch to. This can either be one of the standard backend names, which are case-insensitive:
interactive backends: GTK3Agg, GTK3Cairo, GTK4Agg, GTK4Cairo, MacOSX, nbAgg, QtAgg, QtCairo, TkAgg, TkCairo, WebAgg, WX, WXAgg, WXCairo, Qt5Agg, Qt5Cairo
non-interactive backends: agg, cairo, pdf, pgf, ps, svg, template
or a string of the form: module://my.module.name
.
Switching to an interactive backend is not possible if an unrelated event loop has already been started (e.g., switching to GTK3Agg if a TkAgg window has already been opened). Switching to a non-interactive backend is always possible.
If True (the default), raise an :None:None:`ImportError` if the backend cannot be set up (either because it fails to import, or because an incompatible GUI interactive framework is already running); if False, silently ignore the failure.
Select the backend used for rendering and GUI integration.
backends
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matplotlib.get_backend
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