Re: [matplotlib-devel] EPS output problem - scatter & edgecolors

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

On Friday 19 October 2007 03:57:31 am Manuel Metz wrote:
> Now that alpha works with screen output, I recognized a problem with the
> eps output. This is my little test script:
>
> import pylab
>
> x = pylab.npy.arange(0,10)
> pylab.scatter(x,x, s=50, alpha=0.5)
> pylab.scatter(x,x+0.5, facecolor='blue', edgecolor='red', s=50, alpha=0)
>
> pylab.savefig('alpha.png')
> pylab.savefig('alpha.eps')
> pylab.show()
>
> The resulting figures are attached. The problem occurs in the eps output
> where the edgecolors are not correctly reproduced, only the first marker
> symbol has a red edge, the others don't.

I removed a gsave/grestore pair surrounding RendererPS._draw_ps in svn-3967. 
It looks like this fixed the problem (graphics state was being lost). I 
checked contour_demo.py for any unintended side-effects, and didn't find any, 
but please keep an eye out for strange behavior.

Darren