[matplotlib-devel] SVG backend - edge alpha channel fix?

I'm using matplotlib v0.99.1.1 pyplot savefig() to generate svg files
using the matplotlib.use('SVG') backend. My networkx plot contains
semi-transparent edges which were not carrying over to the svg xml
correctly. The node transparencies were correct.
I was able to fix this problem by modifying
/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py ...


@@ -150 +149 @@
-                         gc.get_alpha(),
+                         gc.get_rgb()[3],


While gc.get_rgb()[3] was able to return the correct alpha float
value, gc.get_alpha() was always returning 1.0.
Has anyone else seen this problem? Perhaps it's my use of
draw_networkx_edges() to style the edges.

Hope this helps,
Bob