[Matplotlib-users] FigureCanvas transparency

2007-07-31 Thread Brent Pedersen
sending again, doesnt seem to have gone through... hi, with the simple script below, how can i make the image have a transparent background instead of white? it's saving RGB, not RGBA. thanks, -brent import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import

[Matplotlib-users] Error: ImportError: cannot import name Int8

2007-07-31 Thread Alexander Dietz
Hi, I want to use matplotlib, version 0.87.3, on my laptop (FC5) running numpy1.0.1. I had the following settings in my matplotlibrc: numerix:numpy Then I installed matplotlib using: python setup.py build python setup.py install which all seemed to work fine. But then, trying to import pylab,

[Matplotlib-users] question about building from source on windows

2007-07-31 Thread william ratcliff
I have a question about building from source on windows: I have installed freetype2 and libpng, for zlib, I have a collection of dlls, But, where do I place these so that matplotlib can find them (for the include files, libraries, etc. Are there any that I have to rename?)? I am using mingw for

Re: [Matplotlib-users] question about building from source on windows

2007-07-31 Thread John Hunter
On 7/31/07, william ratcliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a question about building from source on windows: I have installed freetype2 and libpng, for zlib, I have a collection of dlls, But, where do I place these so that matplotlib can find them (for the include files, libraries, etc.

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Error: ImportError: cannot import name Int8

2007-07-31 Thread Eric Firing
Alex, Download the current mpl release and try installing that, after completely cleaning out the present installation. (I would also be inclined to delete the numpy and install that also from the latest tarball, and then build and install mpl.) 0.87.3 is pretty old. There was a while when