On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Michael Droettboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for spotting this. I don't think a lot of us ever use non-English > locales, so that's fallen through the cracks. > > backend_svg.py was using '%s' to convert floats, to limit the number of > digits written to the file. This works fine with regular floats (since they > do not follow the locale unless explicitly asked to do so), but numpy arrays > seem to always follow the locale. (Not certain whether that inconsistency > could be considered a bug in Numpy). > > In any case, I've committed a workaround to matplotlib, which unfortunately > results in slightly larger SVG files. This is now fixed in SVN r6049. Look > there for a patch if you just want to fix your local backend_svg.py. > Thanks for your lightspeed fix submit ! I patched it and it works fine. Mathieu.
> Cheers, > Mike > > Mathieu Leplatre wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> If I change the locale using cairo backend, the result is fine. >> But with SVG backend, every objects collapse on top-left corner. >> >> As you can see here : >> http://mathieu-leplatre.info/media/matplotlib-svg/localechange-svg.svg >> >> I exported it to png with inkscape to reveal objects outside of frame : >> http://mathieu-leplatre.info/media/matplotlib-svg/localechange-svg.png >> >> Cairo output is fine : >> http://mathieu-leplatre.info/media/matplotlib-svg/localechange-cairo.svg >> >> I guess it's not a unicode problem, since the strings have no >> non-ascii characters. >> >> The code is quite straightforward, it allows me to choose the date >> language for the formatters. >> Let me know if I should fill a bug report. >> Thank you all ! >> >> ---- >> import locale, matplotlib >> from datetime import datetime >> matplotlib.use('svg') >> import pylab, numpy >> >> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'fr_FR.UTF-8') >> today = datetime.today().strftime("%A") >> >> pylab.title( today ) >> pylab.plot( range(10), numpy.random.randn( 10 )) >> pylab.savefig('localechange-%s' % matplotlib.get_backend()) >> ---- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-users mailing list >> Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users >> > > -- > Michael Droettboom > Science Software Branch > Operations and Engineering Division > Space Telescope Science Institute > Operated by AURA for NASA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
