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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"xkcd plots stopped working on Mac OS X.","articleBody":"The matplotlib xkcd example plots at \n\nhttp://matplotlib.org/examples/showcase/xkcd.html\n\nstopped working with matplotlib 1.4.x (they used to work with earlier versions). This is with Python 2.7.5 on Mac OS X 10.9.5 and matplotlib 1.4.3.\n\nThe following Traceback is printed if I run one of the examples:\n\n```\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py\", line 59, in draw_wrapper\n    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py\", line 1085, in draw\n    func(*args)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py\", line 59, in draw_wrapper\n    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axes/_base.py\", line 2110, in draw\n    a.draw(renderer)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py\", line 59, in draw_wrapper\n    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/lines.py\", line 715, in draw\n    drawFunc(renderer, gc, tpath, affine.frozen())\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/lines.py\", line 1072, in _draw_lines\n    self._lineFunc(renderer, gc, path, trans)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/lines.py\", line 1112, in _draw_solid\n    renderer.draw_path(gc, path, trans)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/patheffects.py\", line 115, in draw_path\n    rgbFace)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/patheffects.py\", line 217, in draw_path\n    renderer.draw_path(gc, tpath, affine, rgbFace)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_macosx.py\", line 58, in draw_path\n    gc.draw_path(path, transform, linewidth, rgbFace)\nAttributeError: GraphicsContextBase instance has no attribute 'draw_path'\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py\", line 59, in draw_wrapper\n    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py\", line 1085, in draw\n    func(*args)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py\", line 59, in draw_wrapper\n    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axes/_base.py\", line 2110, in draw\n    a.draw(renderer)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py\", line 59, in draw_wrapper\n    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py\", line 1119, in draw\n    tick.draw(renderer)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py\", line 59, in draw_wrapper\n    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py\", line 244, in draw\n    self.tick1line.draw(renderer)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/artist.py\", line 59, in draw_wrapper\n    draw(artist, renderer, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/lines.py\", line 760, in draw\n    rgbaFace)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/patheffects.py\", line 127, in draw_markers\n    **kwargs)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py\", line 265, in draw_markers\n    rgbFace)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/patheffects.py\", line 115, in draw_path\n    rgbFace)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/patheffects.py\", line 217, in draw_path\n    renderer.draw_path(gc, tpath, affine, rgbFace)\n  File \"/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_macosx.py\", line 58, in draw_path\n    gc.draw_path(path, transform, linewidth, rgbFace)\nAttributeError: GraphicsContextBase instance has no attribute 'draw_path'\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/mario-grgic","@type":"Person","name":"mario-grgic"},"datePublished":"2015-09-11T15:22:07.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/5049/matplotlib/issues/5049"}