Re: [matplotlib-devel] when $HOME filesystem not writable

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Hi,

  I use matplotlib version 1.3.1.

Elena

On Fri, 18 Apr 2014, Benjamin Root wrote:

> Which version of matplotlib are you using? I am fairly certain we fixed
> this problem for Google App Engine, which also does not have writable home
> directories.
>
> Ben Root
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:50 AM, <e.b...@ep...> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>   I run my code from a batch system, from where the $HOME-filesystem is not
>> writable. In __init__.py in _get_home it finds ("~"), but then crashes
>> because it doesn't have access to it. I tried to set XDG_CONFIG_HOME and
>> MPLCONFIGDIR to circumvent this problem. But it still aborts. The only
>> solution I have found so far is to hack the code and replace ("~") by my
>> writable work-directory.
>>
>>   Is there any other way to tell it which directory to use - without having
>> to touch the actual code?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>          Elena
>>
>>
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Cheers,
         Elena

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Dr Elena Breitmoser
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JCMB, Mayfield Rd,
UK-Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
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