testing: set backend to Agg only once

astraw · astraw · commit e23682602450 · 2009-09-06T22:45:48.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=7664
diff --git a/doc/devel/coding_guide.rst b/doc/devel/coding_guide.rst
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ it::
 
   import numpy as np
   import matplotlib
-  matplotlib.use('Agg')
   from matplotlib.testing.decorators import image_comparison
   import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py b/lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ def test(verbosity=0):
     import nose.plugins.builtin
     from testing.noseclasses import KnownFailure
     from nose.plugins.manager import PluginManager
-
+    use('Agg') # use Agg backend for these tests
     plugins = []
     plugins.append( KnownFailure() )
     plugins.extend( [plugin() for plugin in nose.plugins.builtin.plugins] )
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_spines.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_spines.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib
-matplotlib.use('Agg')
 from matplotlib.testing.decorators import image_comparison
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
