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

[Thomas C. <tca...@gm...>]

Elena,

Is it possible for you to use the current master branch?  We
definitely fixed this so that it would work with gae.

Tom

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:32 AM,  <e.b...@ep...> wrote:
> 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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