[Matplotlib-users] gtk backend failure on systems without gtk

2008-01-16 Thread Christopher Fonnesbeck
On some OSX systems, pylab is failing on importing pylab because of lack of GTK. This appears to be a bug; if the system doesnt have gtk, it should simply not import that backend to begin with. from matplotlib import pylab Traceback (most recent call last): File stdin, line 1, in module

Re: [Matplotlib-users] gtk backend failure on systems without gtk

2008-01-16 Thread John Hunter
On Jan 13, 2008 7:26 PM, Christopher Fonnesbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On some OSX systems, pylab is failing on importing pylab because of lack of GTK. This appears to be a bug; if the system doesnt have gtk, it should simply not import that backend to begin with. matplotlib does not do