[AstroPy] Weird Pyraf issues

[Zhu Fei-Fan]

The recent version of DS9 (mac) also suffer from the very same issue under
OS X 10.14.6.


On Sat, 24 Aug 2019 at 08:00, Nicholas Ross <npross at roe.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I am having big difficulties with my Pyraf install, namely, my whole
> MacBook Pro (OS X 10.14.6)
> crashes whenever I try and simply open an IRAF graphics window, e.g.
>
> > source activate iraf27
>         (iraf27) ~/DataReduction/20190628 > ipython
>         Python 2.7.16 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Aug 22 2019, 10:59:10)
>         Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>         IPython 5.8.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
>         ?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
>         %quickref -> Quick reference.
>         help      -> Python's own help system.
>         object?   -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra
> details.
>         Using matplotlib backend: TkAgg
>
>         In [1]: from pyraf import iraf
>
>         In [2]: iraf.splot('r2824072.fit[1]’)
>
> From here, I get directly booted out and back to the Mac login screen
> (yup, seriously!)
>
> I’ve just re-installed the conda distribution from
> https://astroconda.readthedocs.io/en/latest/updating.html#updating-conda
> > conda create -n iraf27 python=2.7 iraf-all pyraf-all stsci
>
> However, if I start an xgterm, and then do
> > cl
> and run IRAF from that command line, I can then do splot fine.
>
> Any help would be *SO* appreciated!!
>
> Yours,
> Nic
>
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