Re: [matplotlib-devel] Building documentation and matplotlibrc

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

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:22 PM, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:

> matplotlib_fname() always returns absolute path.  I have not used
> realpath, but if you think there is a use for it here, feel free to
> post an amended patch.

There is an exception to this -- if MATPLOTLIBRC or MPLCONFIGDIR are
relative paths, then matplotlib_fname will return a relative path too.