matplotlibrc customizing

Greetings! I am new to matplotlib and python, and encountered a general problem:
If i try to customize matplotlibrc, nothing changes. I changed the right thing:
When i try

import matplotlib
matplotlib.matplotlib_fname()

I get 'C:\\Python25\lib\\site-packages\\matplotlib\\mpl-data\\matplotlibrc'
(as you see I'm in windows..)

When I f.e. change

#xtick.labelsize : 14 (from '12')
#xtick.direction : out (from 'in')

nothing changes at all. My program starts with 'import matplotlib.pyplot as plt', so
that actually matplotlibrc should be in use.. I tried to change other things in
\\matplotlib aswell, they were all ignored. I must have missed something very basic..
What did i miss?

Ulli

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Ulrich vor dem Esche wrote:

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#xtick.labelsize : 14 (from '12')
#xtick.direction : out (from 'in')

nothing changes ...
I must have missed something very basic..

I guess that would be the "#" which declares everything behind as a comment.

Does it work when you remove the #?

Best,
Sebastian.

By default, all lines are commented out. You must remove the leading
'#" symbol to see your changes take effect

JDH

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On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Ulrich vor dem Esche<ulrich.esche@...273...> wrote:

Greetings! I am new to matplotlib and python, and encountered a general problem:
If i try to customize matplotlibrc, nothing changes. I changed the right thing:
When i try

import matplotlib
matplotlib.matplotlib_fname()

I get 'C:\\Python25\lib\\site-packages\\matplotlib\\mpl-data\\matplotlibrc'
(as you see I'm in windows..)

When I f.e. change

#xtick.labelsize : 14 (from '12')
#xtick.direction : out (from 'in')

When I f.e. change

#xtick.labelsize : 14 (from '12')
#xtick.direction : out (from 'in')

Uncomment the lines.

#xtick.labelsize : 14
#xtick.direction : out

to

xtick.labelsize : 14
xtick.direction : out