Thanks for the info... 1)The problem does manifest in the same manner through the normal python prompt. 2) I'm not sure what is meant by a "framework install." Everything (except MPL 99.1.1) was installed through fink. 3) I've never had problems with Fink software before, and I have a crapload (technical term) of stuff installed. This is neither here nor there, however, as it seems that not all Pythons are created equal. 4) A colleague of mine claims to have everything working on a new Intel mac (I'm guessing 10.5.8) right out of MacPorts; I'll talk to him more and try to find out what is different between our two cases. 5) I have yet to try installing wxPython for python 2.5; this may work in the end. It's not in fink, so I've put off installing it manually. I'll give it a shot and let you know how it works. 6) Although I use x11 and not the native Mac terminal, I'm not sure if this requires me to install different packages for the gui stuff. Could you guys expand on this, please?
Finally, I've had some measure of success by installing Qt4 (through Fink) and using the Qt4Agg backend. Because the current stable fink Qt4 release (4.6.1) has a bug, I need to apply the fix found here: http://old.nabble.com/Qt4-backend:-critical-bug-with-PyQt4-v4.6%2B-td26205716.html in order to allow more than one plot per session to be shown. I'll re-write the fix here for convenience and clarity (the original did not have the proper module references in it, so this saves some 5 minutes of tab-completion work in ipython...) # Add this before "FigureManagerQT" class class FigureWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow): def __init__(self): super(FigureWindow, self).__init__() def closeEvent(self, event): super(FigureWindow, self).closeEvent(event) if QtCore.PYQT_VERSION_STR.startswith('4.6'): self.emit(QtCore.SIGNAL('destroyed()')) # Replace "QtGui.QMainWindow" by "FigureWindow" in "FigureManagerQT"'s constructor This works perfectly on my Intel machine running MPL 99.1.1. It's fast and looks sharp. I'll report back on the PPC/99.0 combo tomorrow; Qt4 takes a thousand hours to compile. Thanks for the input. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Jonathan Stickel <jjstic...@vcn.com> wrote: > On 05/25/2010 matplotlib-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > From: Christopher Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> > > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Mac backend problems for nearly all > > backends. > > To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Message-ID: <4bfc626c.40...@noaa.gov> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Jonathan Stickel wrote: > > > > I've experienced many of the same problems on Mac OS X 10.6.3 > > (Snow > > > > Leopard). I have python/scipy/numpy/matplotlib/ipython all > > installed > > > > via Macports. > > > > Just to be clear -- this sounds like a MacPorts problem, not > > necessarily > > an OS-X problem. > > > > > > > > I finally have the WXagg backend > > > > working, but that required installed WXPython with the gtk/X11 > > backend. > > > > Does MacPorts not allow a native wx? Maybe becasue you're running 64 > > bit? > > > > Right, I am running Snow Leopard and have Python 2.6 installed 64 bit. > Apparently, Carbon requires 32 bit and wxWidgets/wxPython does not (yet) > support Cocoa. This problem will bite you in one form or another on Mac > OS X, regardless of whether you are using Macports or something else. > > > Anyway, I guess that's why I don't use macports for python. > > See above. > > > > > > > >> >> In any case, I have been having royal problems with GUI > > backends and > > >> >> matplotlib. > > >> >> Some background on where I've been having these problems: > > >> >> Machine 1: OSX 10.5.8 G5 PPC > > > > That's what I've been running, and I've had no real issues (Haven't > > tried the OS-X back-end) -- but I'm using the python.org python. > > > > >> >> Machine 2: OSX 10.5.7 Macbook pro/Intel > > >> >> Code versions: python 2.5.4, Numpy 1.3.0, Scipy 0.7.0 (all > > obtained through > > >> >> fink.) > > > > OK -- then a fink issue, rather than a Macports one -- same idea, > > though. > > > > My impression is that neither fink nor macports do well with Mac GUI > > stuff -- unless you're talking X11. > > Not exactly true. Fink and Macports are tools and have their > shortcomings, but both can be immensely useful for installing all this > stuff. Otherwise, you do it manually, which of course can cause you > trouble as well. Anyway, getting off topic. I only intended to report > some form of success with the wx backend. > > Jonathan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users >
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