On Thursday, November 6, 2014 3:35:28 AM UTC-5, Daniel Carrera wrote: > > Alright. I "fixed" my problem by editing PyPlot.jl to make it look for :qt > before :gtk under Linux. But this is not ideal because it will revert back > next time I upgrade PyPlot. So a more permanent solution is preferable. >
The ideal thing would be to fix https://github.com/stevengj/PyPlot.jl/issues/87 so that you can use the same setting to change the default backend in both Python and Julia. (Should be possible to support the Tk backend too.) > It wouldn't be the first time that PyPlot improves on the Matplotlib API. > One of the things I like about PyPlot is that I feel it gives me the simple > API that Matplotlib should have given me but didn't. Just my $0.02 > Fair enough; in general, I have found Matplotlib to be frustratingly inconsistent about treatment of row vs. column vectors, especially in the contour/pcolor/3d plots. Could you file an issue?
