Re: [Matplotlib-users] EMF export doesn't work
On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 10:50 +0200, Thomas Pfaff wrote: Hello there, when I started with matplotlib I was really enthusiastic that I can throw all those Excel, IDL, Matlab and whatever else I used until now overboard and do everything from data processing to visualization in beloved Python. Now, here at work I have to use a Windows PC and PowerPoint and graphics just look best in PowerPoint if they are in EMF format. Funny enough there seems to be no converter on the market to properly convert any other vector format matplotlib can produce to EMF. Even the way via Inkscape fails even with simple plots. If I'm wrong about the converter, please tell me and bury EMF-support. If not, what would you think would be the effort and the time needed to port the emf-backend to the latest version of matplotlib? I might at least give it a try. EMF support in OpenOffice is quite good (OOo uses emf internally, I believe). You can import either SVG or PDF into OOo-Draw using the respective OOo-extension and export as emf from there. bc -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] EMF export doesn't work
Thomas Pfaff wrote: ... ImageMagick just puts a bitmap representation of the image into the EMF-file ... I want ... vectors, though. hey thomas! i see. perhaps xfig could then help you, it has an export to emf feature (and can import ps files, see for example http://www.thamnos.de/computer-corner/latex/ ). and at least when exporting pdf files, they are in a vector format. best, sebastian. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
[Matplotlib-users] EMF export doesn't work
Hallöchen! I use pyemf 2.0 and Matplotlib 0.98.5. If I try to save a trivial plot into an EMF file, I get Traceback (most recent call last): File ./make_plots.py, line 23, in module figure.savefig(sample_name + _pds.emf) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/figure.py, line 990, in savefig self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/backend_bases.py, line 1419, in print_figure **kwargs) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/backends/backend_emf.py, line 604, in print_emf self.figure.draw(renderer) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/figure.py, line 738, in draw if self.frameon: self.patch.draw(renderer) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/patches.py, line 301, in draw renderer.draw_path(gc, tpath, affine, rgbFace) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/backend_bases.py, line 74, in draw_path raise NotImplementedError NotImplementedError Is this a bug or a mal-configuration? The Python code was figure = pyplot.figure() axes = figure.add_subplot(111) x, y = numpy.loadtxt(data.dat, comments=#, usecols=(0, 1), unpack=True) axes.semilogy(x, y) figure.savefig(test.emf) Tschö, Torsten. -- Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus Jabber ID: torsten.bron...@jabber.rwth-aachen.de -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] EMF export doesn't work
Unfortunately, the EMF backend is no longer maintained. We had discussed removing it well over a year ago, and I actually thought it had been removed, but obviously it wasn't. It needs someone to port it to the new backend API introduced in 0.98.x and to maintain that code. When quite some time ago, there really wasn't much interest in doing that. I would be happy to help someone with the details involved, but don't have the time myself at the moment. Sorry for the confusion -- what do other developers think? Should we remove the backend and document the change, at least for the time being? Mike Torsten Bronger wrote: Hallöchen! I use pyemf 2.0 and Matplotlib 0.98.5. If I try to save a trivial plot into an EMF file, I get Traceback (most recent call last): File ./make_plots.py, line 23, in module figure.savefig(sample_name + _pds.emf) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/figure.py, line 990, in savefig self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/backend_bases.py, line 1419, in print_figure **kwargs) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/backends/backend_emf.py, line 604, in print_emf self.figure.draw(renderer) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/figure.py, line 738, in draw if self.frameon: self.patch.draw(renderer) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/patches.py, line 301, in draw renderer.draw_path(gc, tpath, affine, rgbFace) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/backend_bases.py, line 74, in draw_path raise NotImplementedError NotImplementedError Is this a bug or a mal-configuration? The Python code was figure = pyplot.figure() axes = figure.add_subplot(111) x, y = numpy.loadtxt(data.dat, comments=#, usecols=(0, 1), unpack=True) axes.semilogy(x, y) figure.savefig(test.emf) Tschö, Torsten. -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] EMF export doesn't work
Michael Droettboom wrote: Unfortunately, the EMF backend is no longer maintained. We had discussed removing it well over a year ago, and I actually thought it had been removed, but obviously it wasn't. It needs someone to port it to the new backend API introduced in 0.98.x and to maintain that code. When quite some time ago, there really wasn't much interest in doing that. I would be happy to help someone with the details involved, but don't have the time myself at the moment. Sorry for the confusion -- what do other developers think? Should we remove the backend and document the change, at least for the time being? Mike, Yes, like you I thought we had included it on the to-be-removed list, but evidently I remembered incorrectly. Here is the history of the file: 10 months jdh2358 removed pre py2.4 compatability code and some other dead code 10 months mdboom Merged revisions 5106-5108 via svnmerge from 18 months mdboom Refactoring of FigureCanvas*.print_figure so that each backend does 19 months efiring Use pickle to cache entire fontManager instance. 21 months nnemec remove trailing spaces 2 years cmoad added rotation arg to draw_arc method everywhere it was missing 2 years jdh2358 added custom figure class hook 2 years jdh2358 fixed figimage bug 3 years jdh2358 added Aarre linestyle fix for emf backend 3 years dsdale added **kwargs to all backend_*.print_figure 3 years jdh2358 made the rc warnings a bit more readable 3 years jdh2358 added pyemf I think it should be removed now. If someone comes forward with a strong commitment to update and maintain it, it can be reinstated easily--after that person has done the updating required to make it work in the trunk. Eric Mike Torsten Bronger wrote: Hallöchen! I use pyemf 2.0 and Matplotlib 0.98.5. If I try to save a trivial plot into an EMF file, I get Traceback (most recent call last): File ./make_plots.py, line 23, in module figure.savefig(sample_name + _pds.emf) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/figure.py, line 990, in savefig self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/backend_bases.py, line 1419, in print_figure **kwargs) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/backends/backend_emf.py, line 604, in print_emf self.figure.draw(renderer) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/figure.py, line 738, in draw if self.frameon: self.patch.draw(renderer) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/patches.py, line 301, in draw renderer.draw_path(gc, tpath, affine, rgbFace) File /usr/lib/python2.5/[...]/matplotlib/backend_bases.py, line 74, in draw_path raise NotImplementedError NotImplementedError Is this a bug or a mal-configuration? The Python code was figure = pyplot.figure() axes = figure.add_subplot(111) x, y = numpy.loadtxt(data.dat, comments=#, usecols=(0, 1), unpack=True) axes.semilogy(x, y) figure.savefig(test.emf) Tschö, Torsten. -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
