I'm using matplotlib in an application I distribute. For Windows and Mac users I distribute a frozen application which includes python, matplotlib, etc. and I'm wondering how best to include the matplotlib data files.
matplotlib searches for its data files in __init__._get_data_path. It seems to search shared locations first, then locations that would be relevant to a frozen application. Is that safe? I worry that if a user of my app has their own version of matplotlib (possibly a very different version than I've included) then the data files might be different. If this really is an issue, then what to do? For Mac I can put the data files deep in the app in Contents/Frameworks/Python.Framework/2.4/share/matplotlib, which is the second location looked at (after environment variable MATPLOTLIBDATA). For Windows, there doesn't seem any way out. The Windows frozen test is dead last. --- Also, should I worry about the user's local matplotlibrc file (which again might be for the wrong version or might never have been created or configured at all -- the main problem I've hit so far is that the auto-created default of this file is always wrong about the back end--picking gtkagg even though I don't even build gtk support). Again, that looks difficult or impossible because the search order is for the usual user locations first, then look in the data directory. Any advice would be most appreciated. -- Russell _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
