On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 21:55, Christopher Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote:
> Sandro Tosi wrote:
>>>>>>>> import wxversion
>>>>>>>> wxversion.select('2.8')
>>>>>>>> from wx import *
>>>>>>>> wx.__version__
>>>>> '2.8.7.1'
>>>>>
>>>>> That solves the problem of multi-wx on a system.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think about adding those 2 line into wx examples?
>
> hmmm - only the examples? or should it be in the wx back-end itself?
> Maybe at least a version check?I'll leave this to the mpl gurus... > Anyway -- certainly the examples ...while I'll concentrate on them :) >>>> Moreover, I will provide a patch to move from >>>> >>>>>>> from wx import * >>>> to >>>>>>> import wx > > who hoo! thanks! > >> AFAIUI, it's not possible to say "2.8+" == "2.8 and all the higher >> versions", > > I think there is: > > http://www.wxpython.org/docs/api/wxversion-module.html > > you need: > > import wxversion > wxversion.ensureMinimal('2.8') > > I think that will do it, but I haven't tested much -- I only have one > version installed now. If it does work, I say we definitely ue it in the. > > Another option is to put it in the wx back-end in a try block: > > wxversion.ensureMinimal('2.4') > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File > "/usr/local/lib/wxPython-unicode-2.8.9.1/lib/python2.5/site-packages/wxversion.py", > line 181, in ensureMinimal > raise AlreadyImportedError("wxversion.ensureMinimal() must be > called before wxPython is imported") > wxversion.AlreadyImportedError: wxversion.ensureMinimal() must be called > before wxPython is imported > > which might be the safest, and would catch both pylab use, and people's > home-written apps that need the wxversion call. yeah, that's what we need: I got 2 version installed (2.6 and 2.8) and here is the output In [1]: import wxversion In [2]: help(wxversion.ensureMinimal) In [3]: wxversion.ensureMinimal('2.6') In [4]: import wx In [5]: wx.__version__ Out[5]: '2.6.3.2' and In [2]: import wxversion In [3]: wxversion.ensureMinimal('2.8') In [4]: import wx In [5]: wx.__version__ Out[5]: '2.8.7.1' So I'm going to use it in the examples. Thanks for spotting it out! I only hope that 2.8->2.10 (or higher) would not introduce such corner cases like in 2.6->2.8. Cheers, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
