Fix #1998 -- the Wx backend can't display any text because it doesn't call the RendererBase constructor

mdboom · mdboom · commit e1b934cd53ab · 2013-05-13T13:11:45.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ def __init__(self, bitmap, dpi):
         """
         Initialise a wxWindows renderer instance.
         """
+        RendererBase.__init__(self)
         DEBUG_MSG("__init__()", 1, self)
         if wx.VERSION_STRING < "2.8":
             raise RuntimeError("matplotlib no longer supports wxPython < 2.8 for the Wx backend.\nYou may, however, use the WxAgg backend.")
