Question: should I use `%matplotlib widget` or `%matplotlib ipympl` about ipympl HOT 4 OPEN

all this is, of course, unless there's any hope to have %matplotlib notebook work again in jlab4 or nb7 one day ?

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For things running off an ipykernel backend (i.e. jupyterlab) there is not difference. Other systems, like vscode, might have only chosen to support one.

widget is more consistent with naming scheme used in other backend selection magics where the generic name of hte backend system is used e..g `%matplotlib qt.

I personally have preferred ipympl as I think it leads to greater discoverability of this package. So if someone comes across a notebook using it they will have a better chance of searching for the right package to install.

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all this is, of course, unless there's any hope to have %matplotlib notebook work again in jlab4 or nb7 one day ?

As far as I can see there is no hope of this. the notebook backend works fundamentally different system to put matplotlib in the notebook, a system that for various (good) reasons is not what jupyterlab is based on. nb7 is in turn based off the jupyterlab code.

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I personally have preferred ipympl as I think it leads to greater discoverability of this package. So if someone comes across a notebook using it they will have a better chance of searching for the right package to install.

FWIW that's what I've gone for too, and for that exact same reason :)

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