[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread Brian Granger
> ah, right, I wasn't understanding your solution (for some reason, I > thought you were using what we used before, not a new variable pointing > to a new directory). > > +1 to your solution (I'd rather use your more standard directory name > over William's non-standard name). It is important to

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread Jason Grout
Brian Granger wrote: >> This sounds great. However, what do we do about every sage install that >> exists out there right now? Every .sage directory already has a >> matplotlibrc file that throws warnings with the current matplotlibrc. >> Back when the decision was made, some ideas were kicked a

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread Brian Granger
> This sounds great.  However, what do we do about every sage install that > exists out there right now?  Every .sage directory already has a > matplotlibrc file that throws warnings with the current matplotlibrc. > Back when the decision was made, some ideas were kicked around: > > 1. Make a FAQ

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread Jason Grout
William Stein wrote: > > 4. Do export MPLCONFIGDIR=$DOT_SAGE/matplotlibconfig > > That avoids every single problem above. :-) Brilliant. It does leave an unused and possibly confusing matplotlibrc file in their .sage directory, but I suppose that's happening right now, so it's not any worse

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread William Stein
2009/6/6 Jason Grout : > > Brian Granger wrote: >>> I want to reopen this thread. >> >> Great!  matplotlib under Sage is still broken for me because of this >> issue - I would love to see this resolved. >> >>> I have a build farm with many (nearly 20) different OS's that all build and >>> test >>

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread Jason Grout
Brian Granger wrote: >> I want to reopen this thread. > > Great! matplotlib under Sage is still broken for me because of this > issue - I would love to see this resolved. > >> I have a build farm with many (nearly 20) different OS's that all build and >> test >> Sage in parallel. My home dire

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread Brian Granger
>> But, wait, does SAGE_HOME point to $HOME/.sage by default?  That is >> the right place for this, I just don't remember exactly where >> SAGE_HOME points. > > Yep, it does.  We can make sure easily enough by running Sage and asking: > > sage: DOT_SAGE > '/Users/wstein/.sage/' > > By the way, I j

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread William Stein
2009/6/6 Brian Granger : > >> I want to reopen this thread. > > Great!  matplotlib under Sage is still broken for me because of this > issue - I would love to see this resolved. > >> I have a build farm with many (nearly 20) different OS's that all build and >> test >> Sage in parallel.  My home

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread Brian Granger
> I want to reopen this thread. Great! matplotlib under Sage is still broken for me because of this issue - I would love to see this resolved. > I have a build farm with many (nearly 20) different OS's that all build and > test > Sage in parallel.  My home directory on each of those machines i

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-06-06 Thread William Stein
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Brian Granger wrote: > >> I agree that there still is a problem.  Before, I didn't think that >> Sage's matplotlib would need to have different options to even be able >> to function. > > The problem that I am running into is that my > ~./matplotlib/matplotlibrc s

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-05-19 Thread Brian Granger
> I agree that there still is a problem.  Before, I didn't think that > Sage's matplotlib would need to have different options to even be able > to function. The problem that I am running into is that my ~./matplotlib/matplotlibrc sets a backend (macosx) that the Sage matplotlib doesn't have. Th

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-05-18 Thread Jason Grout
Brian Granger wrote: >> Details are here: http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/4774 > > I have skimmed though this as well as the previous thread on this > topic. But, it still seems like the original problem remains (Sage's > matplotlib using the wrong matplotlibrc) even though Sage no lon

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-05-18 Thread Brian Granger
> Details are here: http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/4774 I have skimmed though this as well as the previous thread on this topic. But, it still seems like the original problem remains (Sage's matplotlib using the wrong matplotlibrc) even though Sage no longer includes its own matplotli

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-05-18 Thread Brian Granger
OK On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Michael Abshoff wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > no need to CC me on bug reports you send to sage-devel. > > Cheers, > > Michael > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscr

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-05-18 Thread Michael Abshoff
Hi Brian, no need to CC me on bug reports you send to sage-devel. Cheers, Michael --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For mo

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-05-18 Thread Jason Grout
Brian Granger wrote: > True, we fixed this in SPD because it is a problem there, however, I > also have this problem with Sage. I download Sage, install it, and it > doesn't work (because I have a .matplotlib/matplotlibrc file). > > I will look around for previous posts on this though. > Detai

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-05-18 Thread Brian Granger
True, we fixed this in SPD because it is a problem there, however, I also have this problem with Sage. I download Sage, install it, and it doesn't work (because I have a .matplotlib/matplotlibrc file). I will look around for previous posts on this though. Brian On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:58 PM,

[sage-devel] Re: [Sage Bug Report] Wrong matplotlibrc used if user has one in ~/.matplotlib

2009-05-18 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Brian Granger wrote: > > Currently: > > IF a user has matplotlib installed outside of Sage > AND they have a matplotlibrc file in ~/.matplotlib > > THEN Sage will use the non-Sage version in ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc. >  If a user has set a frontend (such as WxAg