Re: [matplotlib-devel] xkcd doesn't seem to work in MacOSX backend

[Mark B. <ma...@gm...>]

Like I said, it works fine when I select the QT backend. So I have a
workaround.
I was just wondering wether it was supposed to work with the MacOSX backend.
Does anybody know?
If so, I'll file a bug report.
Mark

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Phil Elson <pel...@gm...> wrote:

> Isn't the XKCD stuff baked into the Agg backend. Is it even possible to
> produce XKCD svg or PDFs?
>
> On 18 November 2014 17:01, Jens Nielsen <jen...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I can reproduce it with the following traceback. Can you please open a
>> bug report on Github for this issue?
>>
>> ```
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py",
>> line 59, in draw_wrapper
>>     draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py",
>> line 1079, in draw
>>     func(*args)
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py",
>> line 59, in draw_wrapper
>>     draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axes/_base.py",
>> line 2092, in draw
>>     a.draw(renderer)
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py",
>> line 59, in draw_wrapper
>>     draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/lines.py", line
>> 712, in draw
>>     drawFunc(renderer, gc, tpath, affine.frozen())
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/lines.py", line
>> 1067, in _draw_lines
>>     self._lineFunc(renderer, gc, path, trans)
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/lines.py", line
>> 1107, in _draw_solid
>>     renderer.draw_path(gc, path, trans)
>>   File
>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/patheffects.py", line
>> 115, in draw_path
>>     rgbFace)
>>   File
>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/patheffects.py", line
>> 217, in draw_path
>>     renderer.draw_path(gc, tpath, affine, rgbFace)
>>   File
>> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_macosx.py",
>> line 58, in draw_path
>>     gc.draw_path(path, transform, linewidth, rgbFace)
>> AttributeError: GraphicsContextBase instance has no attribute 'draw_path'
>> ```
>>
>> best
>> Jens
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Mark Bakker <ma...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, forgot to mention that: 1.4.0
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Which version of matplotlib are you using?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Mark Bakker <ma...@gm...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello list,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't seem to get xkcd to work in the MacOSX backend. When I try to
>>>>> make a plot I get a nice white figure with nothing on it. Here's what I did:
>>>>>
>>>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>>>> %matplotlib # responds with Using matplotlib backend: MacOSX
>>>>> plt.plot([1,2,3])  # gives white figure with nothing on it
>>>>>
>>>>> When I do a kernel restart and specify the qt backend it works fine
>>>>> (so I have a workaround), but I presume it should work, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
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