Bug in 0.83.2: .matplotlibrc file destroyed.

planck[~]> d .matplotlibrc
/home/fperez
-rw-r--r-- 1 fperez 10529 Jul 29 16:53 .matplotlibrc
planck[~]> python -c 'import pylab'
WARNING: Old rc filename ".matplotlibrc" found in working dir
   and and renamed to new default rc file name "matplotlibrc"
   (no leading"dot").
planck[~]> d .matplotlibrc
/home/fperez
/bin/ls: .matplotlibrc: No such file or directory
planck[~]> d .matplotlib
/home/fperez
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 fperez 12642 Jul 29 16:53 ttffont.cache

The .matplotlibrc file just goes poof!

Cheers,

f

Fernando Perez wrote:

planck[~]> d .matplotlibrc
/home/fperez
-rw-r--r-- 1 fperez 10529 Jul 29 16:53 .matplotlibrc
planck[~]> python -c 'import pylab'
WARNING: Old rc filename ".matplotlibrc" found in working dir
   and and renamed to new default rc file name "matplotlibrc"
   (no leading"dot").
planck[~]> d .matplotlibrc
/home/fperez
/bin/ls: .matplotlibrc: No such file or directory
planck[~]> d .matplotlib
/home/fperez
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 fperez 12642 Jul 29 16:53 ttffont.cache

The .matplotlibrc file just goes poof!

Correct that: it does get renamed to ~/matplotlibrc. I really hope that's not what the original intent was! I imagine the plan was the equivalent of

mkdir ~/.matplotlib
mv ~/.matplotlibrc ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc

Cheers,

f