On Wednesday 06 September 2006 07:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > The following plot > > >>> from numarray import * > >>> x = arange(80000) > >>> from pylab import plot,show > >>> plot(x,x) > >>> show() > > and saving in postscript format generated a file of 1.5MB, while the > equivalent is only 288KB in xmgrace (another plotting program). If I use > plot(x,x,"k,"), this even leads to a horrible 8.0MB. How come? I understand > there is an issue with the fonts, but this can't be the only responsible, > can it? Plotting no points, just a title, and saving in postscript leads to > a file size of only 133KB. > > FWIW, I'm trying to make postscript plots using Python 2.4.1, latest > numarray, and matplotlib 0.83.2.
Each data point consists of a line like 54.3869 28.6788 l which is 17 bytes long. 17*80000 = 1.36MB. Maybe we dont need as many sig figs, that could cut the size down by maybe 25%. Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
