Re: [matplotlib-devel] Release schedule for version 1.0.1?

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

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Daniel Hyams <dh...@gm...> wrote:

> It doesn't really insist on it right?  There are MATPLOTLIBDIR and
> MPLCONFIGDIR environment variables.  The former is for the location of
> mpl-data, and is not really documented well (that I could find, anyway, but
> I found it in the source code), and MPLCONFIGDIR specifies where your
> configuration files for matplotlib are.  This is where your font cache will
> be, as well as your matplotlibrc.
>
> You can set these env variables within your code, before import of
> matplotlib via os.environment.

They should be better documented, but the MPLCONFIGDIR is in the FAQ


http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/troubleshooting_faq.html#matplotlib-directory-location