Re: [Matplotlib-users] Changing backend with ipython

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Andrew Jaffe <a.h...@gm...> wrote:

> In fact I deleted my whole svn directory and re-updated, but no change.
> I'm pretty sure I've done this correctly...

You also need to delete previous installs of matplotlib.

> If it matters, I'm installing as an egg.
> [python setupegg.py build bdist_egg;
> easy_install dist/matplotlib-0.98.2-py2.5-macosx-10.3-fat.egg]

Well, I'm looking at the signature of matplotlib.use in the source::


  def use(arg, warn=True):

and warn is a valid keyword as you can see.  When you

>>> import matplotlib
>>> print matplotlib.__file__

are you getting the file you think you should?

If you have an old matplotlib installed somewhere on your system that
used namespace packages, you may be getting a different matplotlib
root than you think you ware.  That is why I suggested you remove all
existing matplotlib installs anywhere on your path.

JDH