On Jan 29, 2008 7:08 PM, alex clemesha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Update:
>
> Uh, so I just did
>
> rm -rf ~/.matplotlib
>
> and then restarted Sage and now the plotting is working.
>
> So I don't know what to say about that except ahhhhh
> ... but I guess all is well now?
This is a common problem with the design of the
matplotlib config file, which has caused
confusion over the years. I don't like how it is designed
to just randomly fail when one upgrades matplotlib (which Sage
did recently). I wish it would fail more gracefully.
I know -- "shut up and show me the code"...
William
>
> There still exists the hard-coding of "/Users/was" in the Mac OSX 10.5
> binary, but I'm now wondering if that just popped-up because matplotlib
> was searching for its ".matplotlib" directory.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2008 3:15 PM, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > alex clemesha wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Update on my last post ...
> > > I just finished compiling sage from source (on the same machine)
> > > which completely succeeded and overall seems to be working fine but
> > > it looks like there are still plotting errors.
> > >
> > > (The final error is almost identical to the one I got when I
> > > tried to install stand-alone matplotlib, so it's looking like
> > > the problem is coming from that side)
> > >
> > > Any thoughts on this one?
> > > I've already began looking into this problem,
> > > but I have no good leads yet.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Alex
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is the full traceback:
> > >
> > >
> > > sage: plot(sin(1/x), (-1, 1), plot_points=1000)
> > >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > <type 'exceptions.TypeError'> Traceback (most recent call
> last)
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/<ipython console> in <module>()
> > >
> > >
> /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/IPython/Prompts.py
> > > in __call__(self, arg)
> > > 521
> > > 522 # and now call a possibly user-defined print
> mechanism
> > > --> 523 manipulated_val = self.display(arg)
> > > 524
> > > 525 # user display hooks can change the variable to be
> > > stored in
> > >
> > >
> /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/IPython/Prompts.py
> > > in _display(self, arg)
> > > 545 """
> > > 546
> > > --> 547 return self.shell.hooks.result_display(arg)
> > > 548
> > > 549 # Assign the default display method:
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/IPython/hooks.py
> > > in __call__(self, *args, **kw)
> > > 132 #print "prio",prio,"cmd",cmd #dbg
> > > 133 try:
> > > --> 134 ret = cmd(*args, **kw)
> > > 135 return ret
> > > 136 except ipapi.TryNext, exc:
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/IPython/hooks.py
> > > in result_display(self, arg)
> > > 160
> > > 161 if self.rc.pprint:
> > > --> 162 out = pformat(arg)
> > > 163 if '\n' in out:
> > > 164 # So that multi-line strings line up with the left
> > > column of
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in pformat(self,
> object)
> > > 109 def pformat(self, object):
> > > 110 sio = _StringIO()
> > > --> 111 self._format(object, sio, 0, 0, {}, 0)
> > > 112 return sio.getvalue()
> > > 113
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in _format(self,
> > > object, stream, indent, allowance, context, level)
> > > 127 self._readable = False
> > > 128 return
> > > --> 129 rep = self._repr(object, context, level - 1)
> > > 130 typ = _type(object)
> > > 131 sepLines = _len(rep) > (self._width - 1 - indent -
> > > allowance)
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in _repr(self,
> > > object, context, level)
> > > 193 def _repr(self, object, context, level):
> > > 194 repr, readable, recursive = self.format(object,
> > > context.copy(),
> > > --> 195 self._depth,
> level)
> > > 196 if not readable:
> > > 197 self._readable = False
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in format(self,
> > > object, context, maxlevels, level)
> > > 205 and whether the object represents a recursive construct.
> > > 206 """
> > > --> 207 return _safe_repr(object, context, maxlevels, level)
> > > 208
> > > 209
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/pprint.py in _safe_repr(object,
> > > context, maxlevels, level)
> > > 290 return format % _commajoin(components), readable,
> recursive
> > > 291
> > > --> 292 rep = repr(object)
> > > 293 return rep, (rep and not rep.startswith('<')), False
> > > 294
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/sage_object.pyx in
> > > sage.structure.sage_object.SageObject.__repr__()
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/plot/plot.py
> > > in _repr_(self)
> > > 474 def _repr_(self):
> > > 475 if SHOW_DEFAULT:
> > > --> 476 self.show()
> > > 477 return ''
> > > 478 else:
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/plot/plot.py
> > > in show(self, xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, figsize, filename, dpi, axes,
> > > axes_label, frame, fontsize, **args)
> > > 723 if filename is None:
> > > 724 filename = sage.misc.misc.tmp_filename() + '.png'
> > > --> 725 self.save(filename, xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, figsize,
> > > dpi=dpi, axes=axes,frame=frame, fontsize=fontsize)
> > > 726 os.system('%s %s 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
> > > &'%(sage.misc.viewer.browser(), filename))
> > > 727
> > >
> > > /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/plot/plot.py
> > > in save(self, filename, xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, figsize, figure, sub,
> > > savenow, dpi, axes, axes_label, fontsize, frame, verify)
> > > 790 axes = self.__show_axes
> > > 791
> > > --> 792 from matplotlib.figure import Figure
> > > 793 if filename is None:
> > > 794 filename = sage.misc.misc.graphics_filename()
> > >
> > >
> /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py
> > > in <module>()
> > > 8 import artist
> > > 9 from artist import Artist
> > > ---> 10 from axes import Axes, Subplot, PolarSubplot, PolarAxes
> > > 11 from cbook import flatten, allequal, Stack, iterable, dedent
> > > 12 import _image
> > >
> > >
> /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py
> > > in <module>()
> > > 11 from matplotlib import artist as martist
> > > 12 from matplotlib import agg
> > > ---> 13 from matplotlib import axis as maxis
> > > 14 from matplotlib import cbook
> > > 15 from matplotlib import collections as mcoll
> > >
> > >
> /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py
> > > in <module>()
> > > 18 from transforms import Value, blend_xy_sep_transform,\
> > > 19 translation_transform, bbox_all, identity_transform
> > > ---> 20 from font_manager import FontProperties
> > > 21 from text import Text, TextWithDash, _process_text_args
> > > 22 from patches import bbox_artist
> > >
> > >
> /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/font_manager.py
> > > in <module>()
> > > 1112
> > > 1113 else:
> > > -> 1114 _fmcache = os.path.join(get_configdir(),
> 'fontManager.cache')
> > > 1115
> > > 1116 fontManager = None
> > >
> > >
> /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py
> > > in wrapper(*args, **kwargs)
> > > 205 assert(callable, func)
> > > 206 def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
> > > --> 207 ret = func(*args, **kwargs)
> > > 208
> > > 209 if (always or not wrapper._spoke):
> > >
> > >
> /Users/agc/sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py
> > > in _get_configdir()
> > > 398 if os.path.exists(p):
> > > 399 if not _is_writable_dir(p):
> > > --> 400 raise RuntimeError("'%s' is not a writable dir; you
> > > must set %s/.matplotlib to be a writable dir. You can also set
> > > environment variable MPLCONFIGDIR to any writable directory where you
> > > want matplotlib data stored "%h)
> > > 401 else:
> > > 402 if not _is_writable_dir(h):
> > >
> > > <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: not enough arguments for format string
> >
> > This might be a too-obvious suggestion that you've already looked at,
> > but that last "RuntimeError" string has two %s substition place-holders,
> > but only one %h argument. Did the
> > /sage-2.10/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py file
> > get modified?
> >
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > >
> >
>
--
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org
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