Re: [Matplotlib-users] unicode encoding support

[Jean-Michel P. <jea...@ar...>]

Hi,

Does anyone know why Agg backend does not support non-ASCII chars? I 
think many non-English speaking users would really appreciate to be able 
to use their full alphabet in graphics ;-) while taking advantage of the 
great Agg technique.


JM. Philippe

ond...@gm... a écrit :
> Hello,
> in case someone has the same problem as me -- to display accented
> letters in matplotlib -- this is how to do it:
> 
> #! /usr/bin/python
> # -*- coding: iso-8859-2; -*-
> 
> import matplotlib
> matplotlib.use('GTK')
> from pylab import *
> plot([1,2,3])
> title(u'some accented letters: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿')
> #savefig("pokus.eps")
> show()
> 
> Important is "use('GTK')" (Agg backend only shows rectangles instead of
> accented letters) and "title(u'some..." (the "u" -- without it it
> doesn't work either).
> 
> You can save the figure to *.png, unfortunately saving to *.eps or *.ps
> doesn't work (even using different backend).
> 
> Ondrej Certik
>