Re: [Matplotlib-users] error with embedding_in_wx.py

[John W. <jd...@go...>]

I get the error even using 0.51. Maybe my wxPython is
broken. Do you know of a way I can test it?

Thanks.
jgw


>John> I am using the latest CVS release of matplotlib from
>John> sourceforge, and when I try to run the wx backend example I
>John> get
>
>John> gyrotwystron examples # python embedding_in_wx.py Could not
>John> import mathtext (build with ft2font)
>
>John> GThread-ERROR **: GThread system may only be initialized John>
> once.  aborting...  Aborted
>
>John> The gtk backend examples work fine (although I still get the
>John> mathtext warning). I have python 2.3 and wxPython 2.4.2.4 on
>John> a gentoo linux system.
>
> Not sure why you get this - Jeremy may be working on porting mathtext to
> WX.  The 0.51 release is quite current, so unless you are looking for a
> specific feature from CVS I suggest you use that distribution since
> there are extra problems you'll encounter trying to build from CVS (see
> my last response to Andrew for details).
>
> If you want to clear up the cannot import mathtext problem, set
> BUILD_FT2FONT to True in setup.py before building.
>
> JDH