Re: [Matplotlib-users] PDF (but not screen) output raises "Path lacks initial MOVETO"

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

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Eric O LEBIGOT (EOL)
<Eri...@no...> wrote:

> It would be better if Matplotlib's backends were consistent, here (i.e. if
> it failed both on screen and when generating the PDF, or if it did not fail
> at all).
>
> I attach a slightly modified version of the original program:
> http://old.nabble.com/file/p32470066/t.py t.py . Commenting out the
> savefig() call makes the program work nicely (Mac OS X backend, MacPort's
> Matplotlib 1.0.1).

I can replicate the bug on the 1.0.1 release branch but not on master,
so it appears to have been fixed, but I am not sure which commit is
responsible for the fix.  Look for the fix in the next release, or
upgrade from github if you need a fix sooner.

Thanks for the report,
JDH