[Matplotlib-users] matplotlib ignoring .matplotlibrc?

[David B. <db...@ya...>]

I installed the matplotlib-1.52.win32-py2.3 binary on
python23 (Enthought).  I don't want to install a lot
of extra packages so I found the existing
.matplotlibrc in C:\Python23\share\matplotlib and
modified the backend to "backend      : TkAgg".  But
when I try to import matplotlib it appears to be still
looking for the default Gtk backend.  

I noticed that sys.path did not contain
C:\Python23\share\matplotlib so I tried adding it. 
Still no luck.

Here's the error message:

IDLE 1.0      ==== No Subprocess ====
>>> from matplotlib.matlab import *

No module named pygtk
matplotlib requires pygtk-1.99.16 or greater -- trying
anyway.  Please hold on
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in ?
    from matplotlib.matlab import *
  File
"C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\matlab.py",
line 127, in ?
    from backends import new_figure_manager,
error_msg, \
  File
"C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\__init__.py",
line 16, in ?
    from backend_gtk import  \
  File
"C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_gtk.py",
line 13, in ?
    import gobject
ImportError: No module named gobject
>>> 


Any ideas on why this does not work?  Should my python
path contain the path to share\matplotlib ?
-- David

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