Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/plotoptions.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/plotoptions.py	(revision 17501)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/plotoptions.py	(revision 17502)
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@
 
 		#go through args and build list (like pairoptions)
-		rawoptions=pairoptions(*arg)
+		rawoptions=pairoptions.pairoptions(*arg)
 		numoptions=len(arg)/2
 		rawlist=[] # cannot be a dict since they do not support duplicate keys
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@
 		#self.list=defaultdict(dict)
 		for i in xrange(numberofplots):
-			self.list[i]=pairoptions()
+			self.list[i]=pairoptions.pairoptions()
 
 		#process plot options
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plotmodel.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plotmodel.py	(revision 17501)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plotmodel.py	(revision 17502)
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import numpy as npy
+from plotoptions import plotoptions
 
 try:
@@ -6,5 +7,4 @@
 	print "could not import pylab, matplotlib has not been installed, no plotting capabilities enabled"
 
-from plotoptions import plotoptions
 from plot_manager import plot_manager
 from math import ceil, sqrt