matplotlibrc and the XDG base directory standard #2219
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The folder is not a hidden one inside the
(noticing there is no dot in the latter) [EDIT: replaced matplotlibrc for matplotlib] |
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Interestingly I wasn't getting this warning any more. Think I need to look into that... Did this help? |
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Actually, that's the first thing I tried (moving matplotlibrc to ~/.config/matplotlibrc) but it doesn't apply the customizations anymore. For the record, I didn't have matplotlibrc in ~/.matplotlibrc. Instead, I used ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc. |
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Apologies. I had a typo in there. It should read:
The matplotlibrc file which is being detected can be found with the function |
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Now it is working. Thanks! Then I needed to rename the
It would be nice to have a more explicit warning message about this change in the future. |
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Yes -- the message should be corrected. I have attached a patch for 1.3.x (so this will make it into 1.3.0 final -- the first release with this XDG change). |
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Great, thanks a lot. |
matplotlibrc and the XDG base directory standard
After updating Ipython (1.0dev) and Matplotlib (1.4.x), a warning comes up when starting the Ipython notebook:
I tried to follow the instructions so I created a new directory 'matplotlib' in ~/.config and moved matplotlibrc there. However, no customization is taking place.
Is this a bug? I'm running Linux Mint 15 and as I said, Matplotlib 1.4 and Ipython 1.0dev.