So, I just downloaded 0.99 rc1 and wanted to play with axesgrid examples and got the results you reported below in your example. I am in fact naive, and its not clear to me how to get around this problem of the demo_image module not being found. What is the solution?
Thanks, Josh John Hunter-4 wrote: > > In some examples, I have been moving example functions and data into a > module, so that they can be run from anywhere. Many other examples > still rely on a relative path in the examples dir. Eg, I go to the > gallery and download the source for the axes grid toolkit example > simple_rgb.py, and try to run it from my desktop, I get the error "no > module names demo_image". While I know how to get the data, a naive > user will not. So in some examples I have been adopting the approach, > eg in examples/pylab_examples/scatter_demo2.py > > import matplotlib > datafile = matplotlib.get_example_data('goog.npy') > > These examples will run anywhere mpl is installed. Another approach > would to write a version of get_example_data that checks locally for a > datafile, and if it is not where you expect to be, attempt a > urlretrieve as a temp file. > > The gallery is becoming the goto place for most users of the website, > and I would like as many examples as possible to run after a simple > download to the desktop . I am sensitive to packagers who may not > want to ship large amounts of data w/ the main library, so we may want > to minimize the amount we ship in mpl-data which > matplotlib.get_example_data uses, but it may be a good idea to setup a > new svn directory at the top level (mpl_data) and write a urllib > enabled matplotlib.get_example_data that fetches it from the repo if > it can't find it locally. > > JDH > ----- Josh Hemann Statistical Advisor http://www.vni.com/ Visual Numerics jhem...@vni.com | P 720.407.4214 | F 720.407.4199 -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/example-data-in-example-code-tp24760754p24811726.html Sent from the matplotlib - devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel