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Shell command for amending matplotlibrc, inspired by pyfolio
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OS X + virtualenv + matplotlib
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A note about using matplotlib in virtual enviroments on OS X: it may be necessary to add
A note about using matplotlib in virtual enviroments on OS X: it may be necessary to run
.. code-block:: python
backend : TkAgg
echo "backend: TkAgg" > ~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc
to your ``~/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc`` file, in order to override the default ``macosx`` backend for your system, which may not be accessible from inside the virtual environment.
in order to override the default ``macosx`` backend for your system, which may not be accessible from inside the virtual environment.
This will allow Catalyst to open matplotlib charts from within a virtual environment, which is useful for displaying the performance of your backtests. To learn more about matplotlib backends, please refer to the
`matplotlib backend documentation <https://matplotlib.org/faq/usage_faq.html#what-is-a-backend>`_.