Hi Michael, In both cases, I was first hoping someone else has experienced this problem, to know I am not alone in the universe.
But since you asked, I am using the macosx backend - but find the same problem also with WXAgg and TkAgg. When you mention included examples, I do not find any in my /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/6.2/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/example/ folder. Do you mean ones I find on the web at the matplotlib site? Thanks, Andre On Mar 24, 2011, at 4:31 PM, Michael Droettboom wrote: > On 03/24/2011 09:35 AM, Andre' Walker-Loud wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I am having two slight irritating issues making figures with matplotlib (and >> have not found a solution with Google) >> >> I am running the Enthought 6.2 distribution (python 2.6, matplotlib 0.99.3, >> ipython 0.10, ...) which is installed as a Framework on a Mac OSX 10.6 >> platform. >> >> I currently am using (matplotlibrc file) >> >> backend : macosx (I find the same issues with WXAgg and TkAgg as well) >> ... >> text.usetex : true #use latex for all text handling >> >> >> Both problems began with my Enthought distribution (but for reasons I will >> spare you, I don't want to switch to a different installation if possible, >> except upgrade Enthought). >> >> >> Problem 1: >> With all my old installations, which existed on previous Mac OSX version >> (10.5), I did not need to set >> >> text.usetex : true #use latex for all text handling >> >> My text rendering worked fine. But with the Enthought version, for some >> reason, I got fatal errors. So I switched to having latex render all text. >> This wasn't a big deal, and it has been a while, so I don't have the error >> logs anymore. Just wondering if anyone else experienced this, and >> understands why? > Without seeing the content of the error, it's very hard to say why it might > be failing. Can you set text.usetex back to False and send us the error > output? >> >> >> Problem 2: (I believe unrelated to 1) >> >> I use the annotate command to add text to my figures, displaying analysis >> results. >> >> Frequently, when I save the figure as a PDF, these annotated texts do not >> appear in the saved PDF. I find that if I fiddle with the matplotlib gui >> figure-window, adjusting the size on my screen, then I can eventually get >> the saved PDF to contain this text. But this gets very annoying quickly, as >> almost never is the default size the one needed to properly capture the text >> in the saved figure, and it requires lots of fine-tuning with trial and >> error. >> >> If I instead save as PNG, I almost never have this problem (maybe never). >> >> >> Infrequently, the text doesn't even display in the gui window, until I >> fiddle with the size of the window. >> >> In both cases, NO errors are produced. My script which does the analysis >> and produces the figures uses >> >> from pylab import * >> >> but otherwise no "*" imports. >> >> >> My old Fink installation doesn't have this problem - but it was moved from >> my old Mac OSX 10.5 system, and there are some issues with the upgrade to >> Mac OSX 10.6, which lead me to need to just re-install everything fresh on >> the 10.6 OS. >> >> >> I am not sure if this problem is specific to Enthought's distribution (the >> latex tex rendering problem made me suspect this) or is just some bizarre >> Mac problem or ??? >> >> >> So, does anyone out there have the same or similar problem? And better yet, >> understand why and how to fix? > Which backend are you using? Can you provide a standalone plot that produces > the error? Do any of the included examples (particularly those related to > annotate) fail for you? > > Mike > ________________________________________ > From: Andre' Walker-Loud [walksl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:35 PM > To: Matplotlib Users > Subject: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib figures missing text > > Hi All, > > I am having two slight irritating issues making figures with matplotlib (and > have not found a solution with Google) > > I am running the Enthought 6.2 distribution (python 2.6, matplotlib 0.99.3, > ipython 0.10, ...) which is installed as a Framework on a Mac OSX 10.6 > platform. > > I currently am using (matplotlibrc file) > > backend : macosx (I find the same issues with WXAgg and TkAgg as well) > ... > text.usetex : true #use latex for all text handling > > > Both problems began with my Enthought distribution (but for reasons I will > spare you, I don't want to switch to a different installation if possible, > except upgrade Enthought). > > > Problem 1: > With all my old installations, which existed on previous Mac OSX version > (10.5), I did not need to set > > text.usetex : true #use latex for all text handling > > My text rendering worked fine. But with the Enthought version, for some > reason, I got fatal errors. So I switched to having latex render all text. > This wasn't a big deal, and it has been a while, so I don't have the error > logs anymore. Just wondering if anyone else experienced this, and > understands why? > > > Problem 2: (I believe unrelated to 1) > > I use the annotate command to add text to my figures, displaying analysis > results. > > Frequently, when I save the figure as a PDF, these annotated texts do not > appear in the saved PDF. I find that if I fiddle with the matplotlib gui > figure-window, adjusting the size on my screen, then I can eventually get the > saved PDF to contain this text. But this gets very annoying quickly, as > almost never is the default size the one needed to properly capture the text > in the saved figure, and it requires lots of fine-tuning with trial and error. > > If I instead save as PNG, I almost never have this problem (maybe never). > > > Infrequently, the text doesn't even display in the gui window, until I fiddle > with the size of the window. > > In both cases, NO errors are produced. My script which does the analysis and > produces the figures uses > > from pylab import * > > but otherwise no "*" imports. > > > My old Fink installation doesn't have this problem - but it was moved from my > old Mac OSX 10.5 system, and there are some issues with the upgrade to Mac > OSX 10.6, which lead me to need to just re-install everything fresh on the > 10.6 OS. > > > I am not sure if this problem is specific to Enthought's distribution (the > latex tex rendering problem made me suspect this) or is just some bizarre Mac > problem or ??? > > > So, does anyone out there have the same or similar problem? And better yet, > understand why and how to fix? > > > Thanks, > > Andre > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the > growing manageability and security demands of your customers. 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