Are you using IPython QtConsole / Notebook? I think they have their own settings on their backend.
Shawn On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:01 AM, mato <mato_pavlo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I want to change the look of the default plots in Python, so I created the > file matplotlibrc in the current working directory (Windows 7). The file > gets loaded: > > /import matplotlib as mp > print('Config. file loaded from:', mp.matplotlib_fname())/ > > prints: > > /Config. file loaded from: > C:\Users\mato\Documents\Python_Scripts\matplotlibrc/ > > however, the plot is unaffected. > > The simple code: > > /import matplotlib.pyplot as plt > x = [1,2,3,4,5] > plt.plot(x)/ > > with the matplotlibrc file that looks like this: > > /lines.linestyle : -- > axes.grid : True/ > > yields the plot with the solid line and no grid in the plot. What am I > missing? > > Note: > If I insert > > /plt.rcParams['axes.grid']=True > plt.rcParams['lines.linestyle']='--' / > > in the code, it works as expected > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://matplotlib.1069221.n5.nabble.com/matplotlibrc-has-no-effect-on-the-plot-windows7-tp45573.html > Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users -- Yuxiang "Shawn" Wang Gerling Research Lab University of Virginia yw...@virginia.edu +1 (434) 284-0836 https://sites.google.com/a/virginia.edu/yw5aj/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users