Re: [Matplotlib-users] EMF output: too many values to unpack error

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Klonuo Umom <kl...@gm...> wrote:

> On 09.06.2011 19:29:35 Benjamin Root wrote:
>
> > I looks like backend_emf.py is choking on rgba values.  Is EMF unable to
> > handle Alpha channels?  The fix should be fairly easy, though.
> >
>
> I have no idea. I installed pyemf today as mpl asked me to if I want to
> export to EMF.
>
> I wanted to use EMF as it's most convenient to use in Word. Hassle free
> vector format that MS likes. It's not problem for me to convert PS/EPS
> to EMF, thou problem should be known
>
>

I set up pull requests to fix this problem, so the v1.0.x-maint branch and
the master branch should soon have the fixes commited to them.  You can get
the latest bugfixed branch for v1.0.1 at
https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/tree/v1.0.x-maint, although that
would mean having to build from source.  You could also just edit your copy
of the file C:\Python26\lib\site-
packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_emf.py so that [:3] is added to the end
of lines 69 and 105.  This page should show you what changes you need:
https://github.com/WeatherGod/matplotlib/commit/bf8d9d6f7cea1546c736d3897387698e6ae5e5b3

I hope that helps!

Ben Root