The current matplotlib Mac binary installer unfortunately reintroduces an old problem: it does not work if the user has a 3rd party Tcl/Tk installed (as anyone who uses Tkinter seriously would have).
The solution is simple: if one is building a matplotlib Mac binary installer then please, please install ActiveState Tcl/Tk first (preferably the latest version of 8.4 -- which is 8.4.19 last I checked). The resulting binary will work with the built-in Tcl/Tk as well as any user's 3rd party Tcl/Tk. Without this "fix", the resulting binary will abort with any attempt to produce a graph using TkAgg and a 3rd party Tcl/Tk. ISo...could I request a new Mac binary with this fix in place? Or at least that future Mac binaries will be built this way? -- Russell P.S. the situation could get "interesting" with a future version of MacOS X during the transition from Tcl/Tk 8.4 to 8.5. But for now just sticking with 8.4 is safe since it is the recommended version for Python 2.5 and is also what comes with MacOS X. P.P.S. I suspect (but have not confirmed) that Mac Python 2.5.4 has this same problem. Mac Python 2.5.2 is definitely OK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
