On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:10 PM, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote: > > The code in matplotlib.cbook.get_sample_data reads: > > if not matplotlib.rcParams['examples.download']: > directory = matplotlib.rcParams['examples.directory'] > f = os.path.join(directory, fname) > if asfileobj: > return open(f, 'rb') > else: > return f > > So if the rc file is getting picked up and examples.download is set to > False, the code cannot reach the network as far as I can see. > Just to ask an obvious question -- are you testing from svn branch. Because the bug is fixed there, not in the rc... I could cut an rc2, just want to make sure we are looking at the same code. JDH