I'm looking for some guidance on using system-installed truetype fonts
with matplotlib. I asked this question on the matplotlib mailing list, but
it didn't garner any responses. Here's what I've found so far, using the
PDF backend in matplotlib 0.91.2 on 10.5/leopard's native python 2.5
(inst
Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> In this case, 'file' may be right. But I wouldn't trust it if you've to
> handle a lot of file types. ... Mostly I could trust in extensions
> and/or Mac type/creator codes.
I certainly agree with this; applications that create files are in the
best position to kn
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Jonathan Wight wrote:
> I'm the author of Python Metadata Importer. There should already be a HFS
> type code for Python source. I can add the type code to Python Metadata
> Importer to wide its search. Getting the importer to work with Spotmeta is
> AFAICT a non-starter -
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/spotlight/pythonmetadataimporter.html
I really dig the Spotlight Metadata Importer for python, but it only works
for files ending in ".py" which excludes various shell scripts I have
written that have no filename extension. Anyone have a super elegant
sol
