Package: python-matplotlib Version: 0.98.1-1+lenny3 Severity: important When I try to save a figure to a PS or EPS file, I get an error. This is a very simple piece of code that generates the error:
#!/usr/bin/env python """ Example: simple line plot. Show how to make and save a simple line plot with labels, title and grid """ import numpy import pylab t = numpy.arange(0.0, 1.0+0.01, 0.01) s = numpy.cos(2*2*numpy.pi*t) pylab.plot(t, s) pylab.xlabel('time (s)') pylab.ylabel('voltage (mV)') pylab.title('About as simple as it gets, folks') pylab.grid(True) pylab.savefig('simple_plot.eps') pylab.show() When I execute the above program what I obtain is: $ ./cos.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "./cos.py", line 17, in <module> pylab.savefig('simple_plot.eps') File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 286, in savefig return fig.savefig(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line 1014, in savefig self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", line 1287, in print_figure **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py", line 1176, in print_eps return ps.print_eps(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py", line 843, in print_eps return self._print_ps(outfile, 'eps', *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py", line 869, in _print_ps orientation, isLandscape, papertype) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py", line 988, in _print_figure convert_ttf_to_ps(font_filename, fh, rcParams['ps.fonttype'], glyph_ids) RuntimeError: more keyword list entries than argument specifiers Borja. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages python-matplotlib depends on: ii dvipng 1.11-1 convert DVI files to PNG graphics ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.7-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.6.4-6.1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-4 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-3 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.27-2 PNG library - runtime ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii python 2.5.2-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-cairo 1.4.12-1.1 Python bindings for the Cairo vect ii python-central 0.6.8 register and build utility for Pyt ii python-configobj 4.5.2-1 a simple but powerful config file ii python-dateutil 1.4.1-2 powerful extensions to the standar ii python-dev 2.5.2-2 Header files and a static library ii python-enthought-trait 2.0.5-1 Manifest typing and reactive progr ii python-excelerator 0.6.3a-3.1 module for reading/writing Excel s ii python-gd 0.52debian-3.1 Python module wrapper for libgd ii python-glade2 2.12.1-6 GTK+ bindings: Glade support ii python-gobject 2.14.2-1 Python bindings for the GObject li ii python-gtk2 2.12.1-6 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge ii python-matplotlib-data 0.98.1-1+lenny3 Python based plotting system (data ii python-numpy 1:1.1.0-3 Numerical Python adds a fast array ii python-pyparsing 1.5.0-1 Python parsing module ii python-tk 2.5.2-1 Tkinter - Writing Tk applications ii python-tz 2008c-2 Python version of the Olson timezo ii tcl8.4 8.4.19-2 Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8 ii tk8.4 8.4.19-2 Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.4 - ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime python-matplotlib recommends no packages. Versions of packages python-matplotlib suggests: pn ipython <none> (no description available) pn python-matplotlib-doc <none> (no description available) ii texlive-extra-utils 2007.dfsg.2-4 TeX Live: TeX auxiliary programs ii texlive-latex-extra 2007.dfsg.8-1 TeX Live: LaTeX supplementary pack -- no debconf information _______________________________________________ Python-modules-team mailing list Python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/python-modules-team