Re: Pylab trial

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:52:26 -0700

On Jul 19, 2006, at 6:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



Dan,
   I tried the little trial that you suggested:

      >>> import pylab
      >>> pylab.plot((1,2,3))
      >>> pylab.show()

It seemed to have some problems.....(See attached file: Pylab_trial.rtf)

The command      >>> import pylab        yielded complaints the first time,
but not the second. (?)

The second import does nothing as an import for that module has already occurred previously
in the session.

I also get the same problem with

   >>> import pylab

having tried it myself. This is most likely a compatibility problem between this particular version of enthought python
and the Matplotlib plotting package.  So, I have gone ahead and reinstalled a later version of enthought python on
my Windows machine and everything seems to work fine. Sorry that the instructions on the webpage didn't work as expected.

Anyway, I would recommend starting over. Here are some new instructions:

    1) Download enthon-python2.4-1.0.0.beta4.exe from <http://code.enthought.com/download.shtml> and install.

         Make sure you get the py2.4 version, NOT py2.3.

   3) Download FiPy-1.1.win32.zip from <http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/download/> and unpack and run the Windows installer.
        Make sure it uses Python24 during installation. It prompts you at the beginning of the install process.

You can remove C:\Python23 if you wish, you don't have to. Just be sure to run the Python24 version of IDLE when you use FiPy.

This should get you up and running and Matplotlib working properly. You shouldn't need to do any other tweaks. The difference
is that Matplotlib is included with this version of enthought python and doesn't need installing separately.

Terry McDaniel
Seagate Research     (209) 295-6735
<Pylab_trial.rtf>

Cheers

Daniel Wheeler

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