Re: [Matplotlib-users] Re: AFMPATH environmental variable

[LUK S. <shu...@po...>]

John Hunter wrote:

>  > I can confirm that if the font files are installed in the default
>  > location under the system python tree, it works. Setting AFMPATH also
>  > works in linux.
> 
> OK, so the font files exist and are readable.  In order to figure out
> where the problem is, I'll need you to add a couple of lines to
> matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py and tell me what the output is.  In
> the function _get_afm_filenames on line 413, add these print lines
> before the return statement and let me know what they report
> 
>     print paths
>     print fnames
>     return fnames
> 
> John Hunter

H:\00work\00cvs\matplotlib\matplotlib\examples>python subplot_demo.py -dPS
['E:\\Py23\\share\\matplotlib', 'E', '\\Py23e\\share\\matplotlib']
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Error: Could not find any AFM files; please set AFMPATH to point to some 
readable adobe font metric files

Regards,
ST
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