svg backend outputs utf-8

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit f2e199c268d6 · 2005-08-01T16:12:49.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=1578
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 New entries should be added at the top
 
+
+2005-07-29 Modified figure.figaspect to take an array or number;
+           modified backend_svg to write utf-8 - JDH
+
 2005-07-30 backend_svg.py: embed png image files in svg rather than linking
            to a separate png file, fixes bug #1245306 (thanks to Norbert Nemec 
            for the patch) - SC
 
+=======================================================================
+
+2005-07-29 Released 0.83.2
+
 2005-07-27 Applied SF patch 1242648: minor rounding error in
            IndexDateFormatter in dates.py
 
diff --git a/examples/backend_driver.py b/examples/backend_driver.py
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ def drive(backend, python='python2.4'):
     # backends = ['Agg', 'Cairo', 'GDK', 'PS', 'SVG', 'Template']
     backends = ['Agg', 'PS', 'SVG', 'Template']
     # backends = [ 'GTK', 'WX', 'TkAgg']
-    backends = ['Agg', 'PS', 'SVG', 'Template']
+    #backends = ['Agg', 'PS', 'SVG', 'Template']
+    backends = ['SVG']
     python = 'python2.4'
     for backend in backends:
         print 'testing %s' % backend
diff --git a/examples/scatter_demo.py b/examples/scatter_demo.py
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 y = 0.9*rand(N)
 area = pi*(10 * rand(N))**2 # 0 to 10 point radiuses
 scatter(x,y,s=area, marker='^', c='r')
-#savefig('scatter_demo')
+savefig('scatter_demo')
 
 show()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import division
 
-import base64
-import os
-import tempfile
+import os, codecs, base64, tempfile
 
 from matplotlib import verbose, __version__
 from matplotlib.backend_bases import RendererBase, GraphicsContextBase,\
@@ -225,7 +223,7 @@ def _draw_mathtext(self, gc, x, y, s, prop, angle):
 <text style="%(style)s" x="%(newx)f" y="%(newy)f" %(transform)s>%(thetext)s</text>
 """ % locals()
 
-        self._svgwriter.write (svg.encode('utf-8')) 
+        self._svgwriter.write (svg) 
         self.close_group("mathtext")
 
     def finish(self):
@@ -268,7 +266,7 @@ def print_figure(self, filename, dpi=80,
 
         basename, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
         if not len(ext): filename += '.svg'
-        svgwriter = file(filename, 'w')
+        svgwriter = svgwriter = codecs.open( filename, 'w', 'utf-8' )
         renderer = RendererSVG(w, h, svgwriter)
         self.figure.draw(renderer)
         renderer.finish()
