Re: [Matplotlib-users] another pango font error

[Darren D. <dd...@co...>]

>Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to manage every backend
>across every platform.  gtk, tk, wx, gd, ps, agg cross win32, osx,
>linux, solaris equals 24 possible environments; multiply this by
>different versions of python/gd/tk/gtk/wx and the problem gets worse.

I was wondering why matplotlib strives to support so many backends...

>Let me know what you are trying to do, and I
>can give more targeted and appropriate advice....

I wrote a gui app in matlab that takes the fourier transform of a 
semi-infinite crystal. The point is to simulate X-ray diffraction (I work 
at the Cornell Synchrotron). The program is pretty good, from a science 
standpoint. I am considering publishing the work, but I wanted to make it 
open source. What's the point of doing work funded by the NSF if the public 
can't access it? So I am investigating rewriting the code using pygtk. I 
wanted something free and cross platform, and I need the vectorized matrix 
operations.

Aside from that specific project, I am just trying to get the interactive 
feel of matlab. I need to take some time to look carefully through all the 
documentation here, it seems all of my questions have had answers published 
on the web.

Darren