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Received from Lev Givon on Sun, May 13, 2007 at 04:46:54PM EDT:
> Received from Darren Dale on Fri, May 11, 2007 at 05:29:01PM EDT:
> > On Friday 11 May 2007 12:12:37 pm Lev Givon wrote:
> > > Setting the font family with matplotlib.rc (or in my
> > > .matplotlib/matplotlibrc file) doesn't seem to have any effect on the
> > > font used to generate text when the usetex setting is enabled. This
> > > seems to imply that the fonts I have listed in the font.serif,
> > > font.sans-serif, and font.monospace settings (specifically, Times,
> > > Helvetica, and Courier) are not deemed to be valid from LaTeX's point
> > > of view. However, my LaTeX installation does appear to contain the
> > > psnfss files. Is there something I am overlooking?
> > >
> > > I am using matplotlib 0.90.0 and teTeX 3.0 on Linux.
> > 
> > changing the font family works for me. Maybe you should try deleting 
> > your .matplotlib/tex.cache and trying again.
> 
> Apparently the weirdness I observed is a bit more subtle than I
> described: changing the font with the usetex setting on does indeed
> change the font used for the plot title and axis labels, but not for
> the axis ticks. Changing the font with the usetex settings off causes
> the selected font family to be used for the axis ticks.
> 
> 							L.G.
Ah..I see what was going on; the numerical ticks are output in LaTeX
math mode (e.g., 123ドル$) and therefore rendered in CM if the specified
fonts do not provide any math fonts. Is there a way to use LaTeX font
packages such as euler, ccfonts, and cmbright?
							L.G.

Received from Darren Dale on Fri, May 11, 2007 at 05:29:01PM EDT:
> On Friday 11 May 2007 12:12:37 pm Lev Givon wrote:
> > Setting the font family with matplotlib.rc (or in my
> > .matplotlib/matplotlibrc file) doesn't seem to have any effect on the
> > font used to generate text when the usetex setting is enabled. This
> > seems to imply that the fonts I have listed in the font.serif,
> > font.sans-serif, and font.monospace settings (specifically, Times,
> > Helvetica, and Courier) are not deemed to be valid from LaTeX's point
> > of view. However, my LaTeX installation does appear to contain the
> > psnfss files. Is there something I am overlooking?
> >
> > I am using matplotlib 0.90.0 and teTeX 3.0 on Linux.
> 
> changing the font family works for me. Maybe you should try deleting 
> your .matplotlib/tex.cache and trying again.
Apparently the weirdness I observed is a bit more subtle than I
described: changing the font with the usetex setting on does indeed
change the font used for the plot title and axis labels, but not for
the axis ticks. Changing the font with the usetex settings off causes
the selected font family to be used for the axis ticks.
							L.G.

> If you have a custom python you need to specifiy
> /the/full/path/to/your/python.
>
> -aj
AJ, complete accident to get offlist (apologies!)
I have python located in:
/usr/bin/python
but there is also a python located in
/opt/Plone-2.5.2/Python-2.4.4/bin
To be honest, I have no idea which one Zope/Plone uses... I had
assumed it was the latter, how can I check that?

> >
> The same steps as with any other Python installation. You take the
> Python interpreter used for your Zope instance to install the package.
>
> -aj
Not clear, If I:
% python setup.py build
% python setup.py install
It's just going to install in the default /usr/ locations. Are you
saying that I need to run ./python setup.py build / install using the
'python' from the zope instance?