Yea, I've been using 4.0 compilers along with the Apple installation  
of Python.  I'll try out your suggestions.
-gideon

On Apr 13, 2008, at 8:41 PM, Joshua Lippai wrote:

> I know I had some matplotlib trouble in terms of compiling on OS X
> Leopard before I changed the Makefile inside
>
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python2.5/ 
> config/
>
> If you're on an Intel Mac, try downloading the beta Apple GCC 4.2 from
> http://developer.apple.com and alter the Makefile so that CC and CXX
> are set to /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 and /usr/bin/g++-4.2 respectively. Also
> remove the flag "-arch ppc" from both the BASEFLAGS and LDFLAGS
> sections, and remove "-Wno-long-double" flag from the BASEFLAGS
> section.
>
> This assumes you're using the MacPython installation of Python and not
> the standard one provided by Apple. I personally wouldn't recommend
> using the standard Apple installation because a lot of modules assume
> you have the Python Framework in /Library/Frameworks/ due to that
> being the de facto standard set by MacPython and ActiveState Python.
> In addition, the MacPython instalation provides Python 2.5.2, not just
> 2.5.1.
>
> Matplotlib aside, you might want to make sure you installed the
> Unicode version of wxWidgets, and reinstall it if necessary.
>
> Josh
>
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Gideon Simpson  
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I don't see any error when I run python setup.py build for  
>> matplotlib.  It
>> seems to identify everything it needs.
>> -gideon
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 13, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Joshua Lippai wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Are you sure you built pylab correctly? See if you can find  
>>> something
>>> suspicious in the build dialog. I had this error once a long time  
>>> ago,
>>> but at some point since then a rebuild of everything fixed it. In  
>>> the
>>> mean time, using savefig will still work even if the GUI button
>>> doesn't.
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Gideon Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>>> >
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For some reason when trying to save in PNG format on OS X  
>>>> 10.5.2,  a
>>>> window pops up with the error:
>>>>
>>>> Matplotlib backend_wx error
>>>> cannot return std::string from Unicode object
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is with the simple scipy demo at
>> http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/OptimizationDemo1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gideon Simpson
>>>> Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
>>>> Columbia University
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>
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