On 08/26/2011 06:23 AM, Michiel de Hoon wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am currently modifying the MacOSX backend to make its 
> interactive/non-interactive behavior consistent with the other backends in 
> matplotlib.
> When I was testing the backend, I found a new bug that seems to be related to 
> a recent change in backend_bases.py:
>
> https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/commit/4c078ddf68cc0ecc1a5f36009a3e3a8b4921b037#lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
>
> After this commit, GraphicsContextBase.set_alpha has no effect if 
> alpha==None; previously it would set alpha to 1.0.
>
> The bug appears here in Text.draw in text.py:
>
>          gc = renderer.new_gc()
>          gc.set_foreground(self.get_color())
>          gc.set_alpha(self.get_alpha())
>
> In this code, self is a Text object, which derives from the Artist class, 
> which initializes its _alpha member to None. So self.get_alpha() returns 
> None, and gc.set_alpha has no effect. The alpha value used then depends on 
> whatever was present in the gc before the call to new_gc, which is 
> backend-dependent; the MacOSX and cairo backends end up with an incorrect 
> alpha value.
>
> I guess the easiest solution is to initialize _alpha in the Artist class to 
> 1.0 instead of to None.

No, I think this will foul up all sorts of thing.  I will take a look at 
this today or tomorrow at the latest.

Eric

>
> Thanks,
> --Michiel
>

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