> From: Oleg Kobchenko > > The transcript is the log of session interaction, which > is generated as HTML in J701 web interface. > > Currently there are two ways to show images: an inline > ASCII art for viewmat and external PDF for plot. > > It would be good to display bitmap images inline, such as PNG. > ... > > == Separate Images == > The recommended approach is to use regular images in HTML: > > <img src="img/XXX-YYY.png" > > > where XXX is session ID and YYY is sequential image number in > the session. These should be cleared at end of session. > > This makes transcript very small; browser can cache the images; > transcript together with images can be saved as regular HTML > with resources; they can also be used as input to Publish addon > to produce PDF of the transcript. > > Besides images this can be used to embed vector graphics (SVG, VML) > or produce PDF or PS "attachement" with thumbnail. > > The media/platimg addon can produce PNG from bitmaps and is readily > applicable to viewmat or OpenGL; and there has been some work done > to emulate the gl2 verbs for things like plot or isigraph. >
I agree that this would make a big difference to the functionality and potential of a browser-based JFE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
