Re: [Matplotlib-users] anim_tk.py doesn't run

[Gary <pa...@in...>]

John Hunter wrote:

>>>>>>"Gary" == Gary  <pa...@in...> writes:
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>    Gary> Thanks ... so it's either me or WinXP.  I gave it a try on
>    Gary> my other WinXP machine.  Same thing.  No dice.
>
>    Gary> Can someone confirm that anim_tk.py runs (or doesn't) on
>    Gary> WinXP / matplotlib 0.64 ??
>
>I can't test this under windows XP right now (I can tomorrow).  But
>how are you running your script (double clicknig, from a shell, from
>within an IDE?
>
>What does 
>
>  c:> python anim_tk.py --verbose-helpful report?
>
>I searched the matplotlib-users archives at
>http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=33405 for
>PyEval_RestoreThread.  This has cropped up a few times before on
>windows (including a September post from you also on anim_tk which did
>not appear to be resolved).  
>
>My usual first guess when people get this message is that they are
>trying to run matplotlib from within a GUI IDE and are getting an IDE
>conflict, which is why I asked you to test from the command shell.
>Let me know the results of the tests above, because I'd like to track
>this one down.
>
>JDH
>
>  
>

John,

No IDE or double clicks.   Straight from the command line.

C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\examples>python anim_tk.py 
--verbose-helpful
matplotlib data path C:\PYTHON23\share\matplotlib
loaded rc file C:\PYTHON23\share\matplotlib\.matplotlibrc
matplotlib version 0.64
verbose.level helpful
interactive is False
numerix Numeric 23.0
font search path ['C:\\PYTHON23\\share\\matplotlib']
loaded ttfcache file C:\Documents and Settings\Gary\.ttffont.cache
matplotlib data path C:\PYTHON23\share\matplotlib
loaded rc file C:\PYTHON23\share\matplotlib\.matplotlibrc
matplotlib version 0.64
verbose.level helpful
interactive is False
backend TkAgg version 8.4
elapsed 6.0779188952
Fatal Python error: PyEval_RestoreThread: NULL tstate

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual 
way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\examples>