title: matplotlibrc has no effect on the plot?
body: <p>I want to change the look of my default plots in Python, so I created the file <em>matplotlibrc</em> in the current working directory (Windows 7). The file gets loaded -</p>
  
  <pre><code>import matplotlib as mp
  print('Config. file loaded from:', mp.matplotlib_fname())
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>returns</p>
  
  <pre><code>Config. file loaded from: C:\Users\mato\Documents\Python_Scripts\matplotlibrc
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>however, the plot is unaffected.</p>
  
  <p>The simple code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
  x = [1,2,3,4,5]
  plt.plot(x)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>with the <em>matplotlibrc</em> file that looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>lines.linestyle   : --
  axes.grid         : True
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>yields the plot with the solid line and no grid in the plot. What am I missing?</p>