[Py2exe-users] py2exe & matplotlib: how to include mpl-data in library.zip?

[<Ale...@la...>]

Hello!

I have small application that requires matplotlib and I would like to use py2exe to convert it into .exe. with my Python (x,y) 2.6.5.1 setup. This already works for me. 

There is only a single thing that I would like to improve. After using py2exe, the dist directory contains a sub-folder called mpl-data (which is required by my program).

Is it possible to move this folder and its content into library.zip? What do I have to change in the py2exe setup?

Here is what I use:

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
import matplotlib

py2exe_options = dict(
                      excludes=['_ssl',
                                'pyreadline', 'pdb', 'difflib', 'doctest',
                                "Tkconstants","Tkinter","tcl","wx","pytz"
                                'optparse', 'pickle'],
                      includes=['sip'],
                      bundle_files=2,
                      compressed=True,
                      )

setup(windows=['my_app.py'],\
       data_files=matplotlib.get_py2exe_datafiles(),\
       options={"py2exe":py2exe_options}
)

Thank you!

Best regards,
Alex