@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ class Verbose:
240240
241241
242242
243- def __init__ (self , level ):
244- self .set_level (level )
243+ def __init__ (self ):
244+ self .set_level ('silent' )
245245self .fileo = sys .stdout
246246
247247def set_level (self ,level ):
@@ -253,6 +253,21 @@ def set_level(self, level):
253253raise ValueError ('Illegal verbose string "%s". Legal values are %s' % (level ,self .levels ))
254254self .level = level
255255
256+ def set_fileo (self ,fname ):
257+ std = {
258+ 'sys.stdout' :sys .stdout ,
259+ 'sys.stderr' :sys .stderr ,
260+ }
261+ if fname in std :
262+ self .fileo = std [fname ]
263+ else :
264+ try :
265+ fileo = file (fname ,'w' )
266+ except IOError :
267+ raise ValueError ('Verbose object could not open log file "%s" for writing.\n Check your matplotlibrc verbose.fileo setting' % fname )
268+ else :
269+ self .fileo = fileo
270+
256271def report (self ,s ,level = 'helpful' ):
257272"""
258273 print message s to self.fileo if self.level>=level. Return
@@ -292,7 +307,7 @@ def ge(self, level):
292307return self .vald [self .level ]>= self .vald [level ]
293308
294309
295- verbose = Verbose ('silent' )
310+ verbose = Verbose ()
296311
297312def _get_home ():
298313"""Find user's home directory if possible.
@@ -618,25 +633,7 @@ def validate_fontsize(s):
618633except ValueError :
619634raise ValueError ('not a valid font size' )
620635
621-
622- def validate_verbose (s ):
623- verbose .set_level (s )
624- return verbose
625-
626-
627- def validate_verbose_fileo (s ):
628- d = {'sys.stdout' :sys .stdout ,
629- 'sys.stderr' :sys .stderr ,
630- }
631- if d .has_key (s ):verbose .fileo = d [s ]
632- else :
633- try :fileo = file (s ,'w' )
634- except IOError :
635- raise ValueError ('Verbose object could not open log file "%s" for writing.\n Check your matplotlibrc verbose.fileo setting' % s )
636- else :
637- verbose .fileo = fileo
638- return verbose .fileo
639-
636+ validate_verbose = ValidateInStrings (Verbose .levels )
640637
641638validate_ps_papersize = ValidateInStrings ([
642639'auto' ,'letter' ,'legal' ,'ledger' ,
@@ -771,7 +768,7 @@ def __call__(self, s):
771768
772769# the verbosity setting
773770'verbose.level' : ['silent' ,validate_verbose ],
774- 'verbose.fileo' : ['sys.stdout' ,validate_verbose_fileo ],
771+ 'verbose.fileo' : ['sys.stdout' ,str ],
775772
776773# line props
777774'lines.linewidth' : [1.0 ,validate_float ],# line width in points
@@ -1056,6 +1053,9 @@ def rc_params(fail_on_error=False):
10561053if cval is not None :
10571054ret [key ]= cval
10581055
1056+ verbose .set_level (ret ['verbose.level' ])
1057+ verbose .set_fileo (ret ['verbose.fileo' ])
1058+
10591059for key , (val ,line ,cnt )in rc_temp .iteritems ():
10601060cval = validate_key (key ,val ,line ,cnt ,fname ,fail_on_error )
10611061if cval is not None :