[matplotlib-devel] py2exe wisdom
As I was building a py2exe distribution of matplotlib, I noticed the function get_py2exe_datafiles() in __init__.py that is not noted on the FAQ. Before I update the FAQ, can you all tell me your best practices recommendations for wrapping matplotlib? In particular, is there a way I can store the matplotlib data directly in the exe so that install is simply a matter of copying an exe file rather than a whole directory? Technically this should be feasible --- freetype can load fonts from memory or directly from the zip file given the proper driver, and the various images should be similarly readable. - Paul - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
Re: [matplotlib-devel] py2exe wisdom
Paul Kienzle wrote: > Technically this should be feasible --- freetype can load fonts > from memory or directly from the zip file given the proper driver, > and the various images should be similarly readable. ttconv will have to be likewise updated (probably to accept a Python file-like object). It is currently hardcoded to only accept file paths and do its own reading using the C stdlib. The Cairo backend will also be unable to use fonts this way (but that's only a minor change from how it is now -- Cairo can only read fonts from normal OS-specific font installation directories anyway.) Personally, I'd prefer to see the fonts installed in a OS standard place -- then matplotlib could use fontconfig effectively on X11 systems and Cairo would function like all the other backends. But that probably means having a proper installer on Windows/Mac and being a little more clever with packaging on Linux. As for images, you could take the approach suggested by wxPython's img2py: http://www.wxpython.org/docs/api/wx.tools.img2py-module.html There is nothing wx-specific about the concepts there... But I'm not sure it's necessary if all of the backends can load images from strings anyway. Cheers, Mike -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
Re: [matplotlib-devel] dviread: usetex for the PDF backend
Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In an earlier post you mentioned that transformations of Type-1 fonts > probably requires a complete type-1 parser. Do you mean matplotlib's > ft2font is missing some functionality? I don't think freetype has any support for modifying and outputting fonts. Actually the transformations are probably just a matter of locating and modifying the FontMatrix entry in the cleartext part of the pfb file, but subsetting (to reduce file sizes) is more involved. -- Jouni K. Seppänen http://www.iki.fi/jks - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
