is something like :file:`/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages` on Linux, and

maybe :file:`C:\\Python25\\Lib\\site-packages` on Windows. Every time you

install matplotlib, this file will be overwritten, so if you want your

directory.

To display where the currently active :file:`matplotlibrc` file was

# This is a sample matplotlib configuration file - you can find a copy

# of it on your system in

# site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc. If you edit it

# If you want to keep a permanent local copy that will not be

# like systems) and C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\.matplotlib

# (win32 systems).

#

# "pyqt" and "pyside". The "pyqt" setting has the side effect of

# forcing the use of Version 2 API for QString and QVariant.

# conflicts, we will automatically try to find a compatible one for

# you if backend_fallback is True

#backend_fallback: True

# For example, use ',' as a decimal

# separator in the fr_FR locale.

#axes.unicode_minus : True # use unicode for the minus symbol

#axes.color_cycle : b, g, r, c, m, y, k # color cycle for plot lines

# as list of string colorspecs:

# single letter, long name, or

#legend.numpoints : 2 # the number of points in the legend line

#legend.fontsize : large

#legend.pad : 0.0 # deprecated; the fractional whitespace inside the legend border

#legend.markerscale : 1.0 # the relative size of legend markers vs. original

# the following dimensions are in axes coords

#legend.labelsep : 0.010 # deprecated; the vertical space between the legend entries

#figure.facecolor : 0.75 # figure facecolor; 0.75 is scalar gray

#figure.edgecolor : white # figure edgecolor

# figure width or height

#figure.subplot.left : 0.125 # the left side of the subplots of the figure

#figure.subplot.right : 0.9 # the right side of the subplots of the figure