I haven't looked at it in a while, but what plotting engine is built inside of the Calculator Activity?
-walter On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Gary C Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been poking about for something like gnuplot, something python > friendly, with an idea to wrap it up into a simple Sugar activity to > allow basic (and advanced, but that would be not primary to the UI) > graph/plot experimentation. Now most of the things I've looked as so > far hit some road bump, usually needing full compile environment or > some weird dependancy I couldn't sort out, but yesterday I tried > matplotlib: > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ > > All you need is an internet connection, about 5Mb space, and not to be > scared of Terminal. Here's how you download and install it (tested on > an XO running 8.2-767): > > sudo yum install python-matplotlib > > Python can now be used to generate all sorts of graphs, the quick way > to start experimenting is via ipython: > > ipython -pylab > > And then try this for starters: > > x = randn(1000) > hist(x, 100) > > You'll be presented with the graph (10,000 gausian random numbers in a > histogram with 100 bins) in full screen (alt-esc or use frame icon to > close). Take a look at their gallery to see a wide range of much more > exciting examples: > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/gallery.html > > I'll probably experiment with this for a few weeks and then start > thinking about a simple/clean Sugar UI to expose the needed features. > I'm posting to IAEP incase anyone wants to chime in with some use > cases for our target demographics. > > --Gary > > P.S. I'm open to other (working) graph tool suggestions, if I've > missed something obvious. > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
