On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote:
> "Daniel O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I am trying to use matplotlib non-interactively but if I don't have
> > DISPLAY set then wx barfs even though I have tried forcing the
> > backend, etc..
>
> This should probably be in the FAQ... you need to set the backend
> before you import pylab, because importing pylab reads your
> matplotlibrc file and does all sorts of setup:
>
> import matplotlib
> matplotlib.use('agg')
> import pylab

Ahah, thanks - works much better now, I wondered why I couldn't affect 
the backend :)

In the FAQ would be very nice!

PS thanks to all the devs for matplotlib, it is very useful!

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