Re: [matplotlib-devel] Bug in 0.83.2: .matplotlibrc file destroyed.

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

Fernando Perez wrote:
> planck[~]> d .matplotlibrc
> /home/fperez
> -rw-r--r--  1 fperez 10529 Jul 29 16:53 .matplotlibrc
> planck[~]> python -c 'import pylab'
> WARNING: Old rc filename ".matplotlibrc" found in working dir
>    and and renamed to new default rc file name "matplotlibrc"
>    (no leading"dot").
> planck[~]> d .matplotlibrc
> /home/fperez
> /bin/ls: .matplotlibrc: No such file or directory
> planck[~]> d .matplotlib
> /home/fperez
> total 16
> -rw-r--r--  1 fperez 12642 Jul 29 16:53 ttffont.cache
> 
> 
> The .matplotlibrc file just goes poof!

Correct that: it does get renamed to ~/matplotlibrc.  I really hope that's not 
what the original intent was!  I imagine the plan was the equivalent of

mkdir ~/.matplotlib
mv ~/.matplotlibrc ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc

Cheers,

f