Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib differences MacOSXAgg and others

The PR to fix this is still open (
https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/4202).

Tom

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:29 AM John Coppens <jo...@jc...> wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> I've posted these two issues in separate mails, as I suspect they're
> actually different problems.
>
> This error is particular to the default version of MacOSX's matplotlib
> version 1.4.3:
>
> When doing a simple plot:
>
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>
> def test_plot():
>     x = range(11)
>     y = [x0**2 for x0 in x]
>
>     plt.plot(x, y, 'o:', fillstyle='none', label = "1", ms = 10)
>     plt.legend()
>     plt.show()
>
> def main(args):
>     test_plot()
>     return 0
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     import sys
>     sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
>
> Much of the data is available on this thread on stackoverflow:
>
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31408928/how-can-i-plot-hollowed-symbols-connected-with-dotted-lines-in-one-go/31410105?noredirect=1#comment50794519_31410105
>
> The gist is that a dotted line ('o:') works correctly
> on my system (Linux Slackware/matplotlib 1.3.1 and 1.4.3), on C.C.Yang's
> Linux Mint, but not on his MacOSX (on which the _circle symbols_ are also
> dotted).
>
> It does work if he defines TkAgg or GtkAgg (even though he does not have
> Gtk installed on his Mac)
>
> Any suggestions to solve this?
>
> Is there a problem in the MacOSXAgg backend?
>
> John
>
>
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