sorry, problem fixed... I was using
linestyle='--', linewidth='7'
instead of
linestyle='--', linewidth=7
embarrassing ... But matplotlib would not complain when exporting to
pdf, nor to png etc... only ps/eps
thanks
2009/3/23 Michael Droettboom <md...@stsci.edu>:
> Try switching to the Ps backend by putting:
>
> import matplotlib
> matplotlib.use("ps")
>
> at the top of your script. That will take gtk and its popup windows out of
> the equation.
>
> After doing that, you should get a traceback at the terminal that should
> help narrow this down. At this point we can only guess, without a line
> number.
>
> Can you also provide a minimal script that causes this error? I'm
> particularly puzzled by the difference in output between PDF and PS.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> Pau wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> using 0.98.5.2 under OpenBSD -current
>>
>> I have made a plot and, when I try to save it as eps/ps, I get the
>> error "float argument required" in a pop-up window, whilst the
>> terminal shows this error message:
>>
>>
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py:1054:
>> GtkWarning: Unable to find default local directory monitor type
>> if self.run() != int(gtk.RESPONSE_OK):
>>
>> I can save it as pdf, but the quality is not what I want. The curves
>> do not have the thickness I gave them.
>>
>> I reproduced the same running it under Fedora 10.
>>
>> I have googled and yahooed. Found nothing.
>>
>> It looks as if the some function was expecting a decimal-point number
>> but got something else.
>>
>> I can send the .py and data, if you wish.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pau
>>
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