Re: [PyX-user] Error in bargraph example

[Joerg L. <jo...@us...>]

Hi Sybren,

On 10.03.06, Sybren Stüvel wrote:
> I'm trying to get the multisubaxis.py bargraph example working, but I
> get this error:
> 
> $ python multisubaxis.py 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "multisubaxis.py", line 8, in ?
>     mynestedbaraxis = graph.axis.bar(defaultsubaxis=graph.axis.bar(dist=0))
> TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'defaultsubaxis'
> 
> I'm using Python 2.4.2 and PyX 0.7.1-1ubuntu2. It's not the latest
> PyX, but it is the latest that's being shipped with Ubuntu. Since my
> code is part of a server system, I'd like to stick to the Ubuntu
> packages as much as possible.

The bargraph system changed considerably with PyX 0.8, so you need to go
back to the old examples which should be included under
/usr/share/doc/python-pyx/examples (or some variant thereof).

> If examples require a minimum version of PyX, it's usually a good idea
> to include that in the example or its documentation.

See here: http://pyx.sourceforge.net/examples/index.html

"The following examples are part of the PyX release 0.8.1."

        Jörg