Re: [Matplotlib-users] py2exe problems for a tkinter/matpotlib project - works for me, but not for others

[Werner F. B. <wer...@fr...>]

Hi Kim,

On 15/03/2010 10:57, Kim Hansen wrote:
> Hi group,
> I have previously had success with py2exe and matplotlib, using a
> specialized setup.py like the attached one (which is adapted from
> http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/MatPlotLib).
> However, now I have tried to go a step further and integrate some
> Tkinter controls in the GUI for a prototype, see attached alphabeta.py
> If I do a python setup.exe py2exe with this setup file on the attached
> Tkinter/matplotlib and alphabeta.exe is successfully created.
> However, it does not run for everyone else:
> Myself: Works like a charm
> A user with a python environment who make py2exes himself: Crashes on
> startup with the attached error log
> A user with just a Python environment: Works!
> A user with no Python environment: Crashes on startup with the same log.
> The log does not give me any good ideas as to how I could modify
> setup.py to get it working.
> Any good ideas?
Changing the line 560 in mathtext.py from:
              font = FT2Font(basename)
to:
              font = FT2Font(str(basename))

Fixed it for me, I don't know what FT2Font does and why this matters - 
hopefully someone else can expand on this.

Attached your setup.py a bit simplified as you are using matplotlib 0.99.

Werner