On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Eric Firing <efiring.oc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> but as far as I can see, on OSX, there is no *advantage* to non-framework > python. Is this correct? > > Suggestion for anaconda: > make bin/python a link to ../python.app/Contents/MacOS/python > NOTE: the python.org python build has been doing this (or something like it) for years and many versions -- I had gotten pretty used to it and was pretty annoyed when I discovered Anaconda keeps anon-framework binary as the default. It was annoying enough that I had to explicitly call pythonw (or alter the #! line) for my wxPython scripts, but with ipython it's even worse -- how would I start up ipython with a framework build? NOTE: if the Anaconda folks really think there is a real downside to using the framework executable for the default python, maybe the ipython start up script could use pythonw ? Eric - have you tried recent MPL with the python.org builds to confirm the issue? I'm a bit surprised that it would even semi-work -- when I try wxPython with the regular executable, I get an error message and it wont run at all. > (On 2.7, I think this would also make wxpython applications work, but I > haven't checked recently.) > yup -- it should -- does for me anyway. If there is some reason why this default to a framework is not a good idea, > and/or cannot be implemented very soon in Anaconda, then I think we need to > immediately remove macosx as a default in matplotlib. A situation where a > new Anaconda user fires up ipython and tries to plot, and it fails, is > intolerable. for what it's worth, I get odd os-x errors trying to se default MPL with Anaconda as well -- haven't tried pythonw for that yet. (kludged it by using the Agg back end only) -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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