> From: bill lam
> Sent: Monday, 2 August 2010 12:53
> 
> Пнд, 02 Авг 2010, Sherlock Ric писал(а):
> > My impression is that it wouldn't be too difficult to build on the
> > current media/platimg addon to provide the cross-platform (non wd)
> > support for creating png images for the jhs client. This would
> > enable offline use of jhs with plotting and viewmat etc as well as
> > improving performance/functionality for servers providing content to
> > multiple clients via the web.
> 
> For platimg addon to work on linux, it also need the gtk to be
> installed, but in that case, j7gtk with j plot should already work. I
> imagine most graphic libraries require a graphical environment such as
> x-window.

If JHS is to be a lightweight, simple-to-install, cross-platform front end for 
J then I think it would be an advantage to use native graphic libraries on each 
platform (a la platimg) rather than require that gtk be downloaded/installed to 
produce graphics.
 
> I think working from Chris' j7gtk with latest addons update, and run
> jhs using command
> ...jconsole ~addons/ide/jhs/core.ijs -js " jhs'' "
> 
> the jplot package should work properly and can serve png to its
> clients. (untested)

I agree that this should work - however I think it will currently open a 
separate (non-browser) window to display the plot rather than display the image 
in line in the session like plotlines does now. For JHS I think having the 
images displayed inline will potentially be very compelling for some end uses.


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