Use an SVG icon for the Gtk window with pygtk >= 2.8 only, otherwise

mdboom · mdboom · commit a247ebf6e08e · 2007-07-03T14:30:36.000Z
use a PNG to avoid the memory leak in rsvg.

svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=3453
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py
@@ -1275,11 +1275,16 @@ def on_dialog_lineprops_cancelbutton_clicked(self, button):
         self.dlg.hide()
 
 # set icon used when windows are minimized
-# Unfortunately, the SVG renderer (rsvg) leaks memory like a sieve,
-# so we use a PNG file instead.
+# Unfortunately, the SVG renderer (rsvg) leaks memory under earlier
+# versions of pygtk, so we have to use a PNG file instead.
 try:
+    
+    if gtk.pygtk_version < (2, 8, 0):
+        icon_filename = 'matplotlib.png'
+    else:
+        icon_filename = 'matplotlib.svg'
     gtk.window_set_default_icon_from_file (
-        os.path.join (matplotlib.rcParams['datapath'], 'images', 'matplotlib.png'))
+        os.path.join (matplotlib.rcParams['datapath'], 'images', icon_filename))
 except:
     verbose.report('Could not load matplotlib icon: %s' % sys.exc_info()[1])
 
