Re: [Matplotlib-users] Saving a plot to EPS

[Michael C. <mc...@ca...>]

Hi,

Sorry for taking a few days to reply.
Basic system information

$ uname -a
Linux shc-b 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 #1 SMP Wed Apr 29 13:53:08 EDT 2009 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ head -n1 /etc/issue
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)
$

matplotlibrc attached.

plot_test.py attached also.

$ python
Python 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Sep 16 2009, 13:37:23)
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> import matplotlib
 >>> print matplotlib.__version__
0.99.0
 >>>

finally, failed output eps also attached.

The plot generates a set of horizontal and vertical lines to make a 
grid, and then applies the Mollweide projection to give latitude and 
longitude lines.
For some reason, not running the projection (i.e. lines 43-51 in the 
python script) gives a file that outputs as a nice eps.  If you do keep 
the Mollweide projection in, you still generate a lovely plot, but the 
savefig to .eps fails.

Thanks,
Michael


John Hunter wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Michael Cohen <mc...@ca...> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> To add more information.  I am trying this on two separate installs of
>> matplotlib 0.99, both using TkAgg as the backend.  One produces an
>> unreadable file, the other does produce a readable EPS.  However, even
>> in this case, zooming in on the image shows that what is being saved is
>> bitmapped, not a vector graphic.
> 
> Could you please post some sample code and the EPS it generates, as
> well as platform information and any specific rc settings you may
> have?
> 
> Thanks,
> JDH