matplotlib/matplotlib — pull request #1573 by pwuertz (2012-12-07 05:48:14+00:00)
Title: fix issue #1572 caused by PR #1081

Addressing issue #1572. The new mtext parameter introduced by #1081 should be applied to a draw_text method of a backend, not to a PathEffect (yet?).

@dopplershift Does this fix the error you are seeing?