Re: [Matplotlib-users] saving png under XP crashes ...

Hello John,

\John Hunter wrote:
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Esmail <eb...@ho...> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm new to pylab/matplotlib, so perhaps I am making a mistake here,
>> but when I try to save a plot under Windows as a png file, the program
>> crashes (pdf works fine).
>>
> 
> I don't have a windows box to test on today (I can try tomorrow from
> work). 

That would be helpful.

> Most likely, you have a problem of an install over an old
> install.  Try installing mpl and numpy cleanly by removing all the
> numpy* and matplotlib* files from your site-packages dir and
> reinstalling.  

I didnt' have either of those packages installed before, so that
should not be a problem, but I will take a look at the links you
sent.

Thanks .. it'll be interesting to see if the problem can be
reproduced.

Esmail