In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adam Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I'm told this is the right place to discuss problems with the > packages at pythonmac.org? There are a few things that need fixing: >... > The matplotlib package, by default, uses the WXAgg backend, which is > rather buggy, and frequently freezes on my machine. However, TkAgg > works fine; compiling with TkAgg as the default would make things > easier for users, and also remove the dependency on wxPython. I suggest you set the backend yourself. I've never found the default backend useful (for handmade packages it used to be GTKAgg, even though GTK isn't Mac-compatible). The easiest solution I've found is to create a file ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc and put in only those lines you want to configure. This may not be kosher, but it seems to work. If you copy the whole matplotlibrc file (as the docs say you should), it will probably break when you upgrade to a new version. Here is mine; I actually only care about the first 3 settings: backend : TkAgg numerix : numarray # numpy, Numeric or numarray interactive : True # see http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/interactive.html toolbar : toolbar2 # None | classic | toolbar2 timezone : UTC # a pytz timezone string, eg US/Central or Europe/Paris Warning: the matplotlib package on pythonmac.org (up through version 0.87.5) are not compatible with user-installed versions of Tcl/Tk and will simply crash. I can send you a matplotlib package that fixes that problem. Future matplotlib packages should also work. Also, MacPython will ignore user-installed versions of Tcl/Tk. Google for this topic for a recipe to fix that, or email me. -- Russell _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
