Re: [Matplotlib-users] Python 3

[Ryan M. <rm...@gm...>]

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Darren Dale <dsd...@gm...> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Ryan May <rm...@gm...> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Xavier Gnata <xav...@gm...> wrote:
>>> "/usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/matplotlib/backends/qt4_editor/formlayout.py",
>>> line 59, in <module>
>>>     from PyQt4.QtCore import (Qt, SIGNAL, SLOT, QSize, QString,
>>> ImportError: cannot import name QString
>>>
>>> Looks like this backend hasn't been ported yet.
>>
>> I remember seeing this on Gentoo and, unfortunately, never tracked it
>> down. However, it seems to me this is a problem with your PyQt4
>> install and Python 3, as QString should be found.
>
> It's not a problem with the PyQt4 installation. PyQt on python-3 uses
> PyQt's new API, which uses python strings and does not provide
> QString, QChar, and friends.
> http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/pyqt4ref.html#selecting-incompatible-apis

I stand corrected. I don't know what's worse, being so blatently
wrong, or having wasted a bunch of time in the past trying to "fix" a
"broken" install.

Time to don ye olde paper bag...

Ryan

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Ryan May
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma