As far as we are discussing about graphics, actually my favorite and quick (and powreful) solution to produce pdf graphics not TeX-related is to use the graphic facilities of R, generating automatically scripts with code (http://www.r-project.org/).
Best -a- On 22 Apr 2006, at 14:12, Jilani Khaldi wrote: > >> It is just my 2c, but I really dislike the Tioga approach. It feels >> like typesetting a book in TeX by writing a single-shot pascal >> program. ;-) >> >> Specifically, I find code like this (Tioga): >> >> move_to_point(x0, y0) >> append_curve_to_path(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3) >> >> far uglier than this (Asymptote/MetaPost): >> >> z0.. controls z1 and z2 .. z3 >> >> >> > Very true, but you forgot that in Tioga everything is done inside Ruby > interpreter. Tioga is a Ruby extension so you could use the power of > Ruby, its standard library and all the other extensions made for it > inside Tioga. > However, I don't like Asymptote, just seeing things like this: > ---------------------- > struct parent { > real x=1; > public void virtual(int) {write (0);} > void f() {virtual(1);} > } > parent operator init() {return new parent;} > void write(parent p) {write(p.x);} > struct child { > parent parent; > real y=2; > void virtual(int x) {write (x);} > parent.virtual=virtual; > void f()=parent.f; > } > parent operator cast(child child) {return child.parent;} > child operator init() {return new child;} > parent p; > child c; > write(c); // Outputs 1; > p.f(); // Outputs 0; > c.f(); // Outputs 1; > write(c.parent.x); // Outputs 1; > write(c.y); > --------------- > But, do we really need a baroque language like this to just draw some > primitive graphics? > > jk > > -- > Jilani KHALDI > http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context