Issue

I have a special key (q) mapped to close the current figure. Using matplotlib 1.4.3 I can not close the current figure with this keymap and under the backend MacOSX. Specifically when I press the q key the keypress is sent to the shell instead.

I am currently on OSX Yosemite. My quick fix was to choose a different backed, Qt4Agg.

In my matplotlibrc file I have keymap.quit : q

Related issues

• Default quit keymap - support for cmd+w on OSX #1902: Default quit keymap - support for cmd+w on OSX
• Make Cmd-W close the window using QT4 on OS X #2140: Make Cmd-W close the window using QT4 on OS X

I am currently unsure if this has been fixed in the bleeding edge version of mpl. I have tested mpl-1.4.3 under a virtualenv and get the same results.