Re: [matplotlib-devel] more on plugins/toolbar

[Fernando P. <Fer...@co...>]

Abraham Schneider wrote:
> I completely agree. I recently changed the code to allow a path to be 
> specified (':' deliminated). I hadn't thought of allowing '$VAR' syntax 
> .. something to think about. However, if people have a .matplotlibrc 
> file in their home directory, it should make it so people aren't mucking 
> up things with the plugins.. I'll have to check the behavior of 
> find_module to see what it does with '~' and such.

You can expand the user-given string by doing:

user_dirlist = os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(user_path)).split(':')

This gives you a list of directories to search, with user ~names and 
$VARIABLES expanded out.  This approach worked fine for mayavi.

Best,

f