On Wednesday 09 January 2008 10:15:54 am Francesco Pretto wrote: > 2008/1/9, Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > setup.py attempts to select the appropriate backend for you, based on > > what backends were available at build time. That selection is written > > into the default matplotlibrc file, which resides in > > site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data. If matplotlib finds another > > matplotlibrc file (for example, in the current working directory, in > > $HOME/.matplotlib, etc), then it will use those settings instead. I would > > guess that is the source of the problem. > > No, the problem is the default installed matplotlibrc, that is not > different from the one present in the source tree and has the default > selection: > > backend : TkAgg > > Now, i don't know if the build script is trying to modify it according > user selection or compile-time backend detection, but I'm wondering > why the same problem wasn't happening on linux, where I tipically > never install Tk runtime. > > However, for me the problem is solved, but if there's a matplotlib > windows dev listening, here is my experience; first, i removed the > already installed "lib/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc" > . Afer, I went for clean compiling with a setup.cfg with these > configurations: > > gtk = True > gtkagg = False > tkagg = False > wxagg = False > backend = GTK > > Eventually, "python setup.py install" write again a > "site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc" which still have: > > backend : TkAgg > > If this shouldn't happen, well, consider this a bug report :D
I think this is fixed. Please update from svn and try again. Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
