StreamPunkPlots.jl?
On 24 May 2014 07:44, Keno Fischer <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you mean StreamPunkPlot.jl? > > > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Isaiah Norton <[email protected]>wrote: > >> If the name is still up for debate, I'd like to nominate SteamPunkPlot.jl >> >> >> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Stefan Karpinski >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> This is so cool: >>> >>> julia> plot(cumsum(randn(1000))) >>> >>> 2.73641 ⡤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⢤ >>> ⡇⡼⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⡇⢃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⢈⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠐⡇⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡴⡄⠀⡀⡾⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠚⢀⢠⢣⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⠋⣧⠀⣰⠁⠄⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⢈⣃⢘⠙⠦⠀⢀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⡁⠀⠈⣦⡖⠀⢃⣺⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠸⢕⡏⠨⢛⢰⡸⢻⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢀⣒⣖⠀⠄⠘⣧⡅⠐⠇⠀⠀⠮⠀⠀⠹⠃⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠐⠃⠀⠨⣶⠏⠀⠛⣅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⢼⣨⡻⢛⢬⠃⡅⢹⢩⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⢣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡊⡍⠇⠁⠐⡝⢷⠃⠀⠘⡕⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⡿⣃⠀⣀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⢀⠀⠘⡸⠛⣳⠄⢀⠀⠆⠀⠀⠀⡃⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢸⣾⡷⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠁⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⢐⢇⣨⢈⡞⠏⠀⠙⣣⣺⣞⡅⠀⠀⢀⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠋⠘⡄⡀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢧⣴⣅⣆⣜⢆⠀⢸⠘⡳⡾⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⡱⢱⢩⠀⠀⠸⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣡⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠏⠿⢫⠍⢹⡄⡖⢠⠁⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⢨⣄⣨⡮⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⡆⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠋⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠺⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ >>> -35.0016 ⠓⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠚ >>> 1 >>> 1000 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Adam Smith < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sigh, I had a nagging feeling it was supposed to be plural. I did one >>>> more (hopefully final) rename to TextPlots.jl: >>>> https://github.com/sunetos/TextPlots.jl and updated the source/readme >>>> and such. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, May 23, 2014 2:18:54 PM UTC-4, Stefan Karpinski wrote: >>>> >>>>> There's a convention to name packages plurally – i.e. TextPlotsrather than >>>>> TextPlot. This is nice partly because using TextPlots reads more >>>>> naturally than using TextPlot, but more importantly because if you, >>>>> as is likely, end up having a type called TextPlot, then you don't >>>>> get a name collision. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Mike Innes <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Incidentally, interop with other packages without a hard dependency >>>>>> is something that's around the corner, so you will be able to do this >>>>>> soon. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 23 May 2014 15:32, Adam Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks all for the feedback! I have renamed it to TextPlot.jl, added >>>>>>> support for plotting just about any combination of >>>>>>> functions/vectors/matrix, made the API more flexible for Gadfly >>>>>>> compatibility, and greatly expanded the documentation/examples. It is >>>>>>> now >>>>>>> quite a bit more powerful than ASCIIPlots: https://github. >>>>>>> com/sunetos/TextPlot.jl >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ivar: I like the idea of having this be a backend for one of the >>>>>>> other plotting packages, but the dependency would need to be the other >>>>>>> direction. Meaning, they would need to add support for TextPlot, not the >>>>>>> other way around. Right now TextPlot has zero dependencies, so you can >>>>>>> use >>>>>>> it in basically any environment, including a console-only server >>>>>>> connected >>>>>>> over SSH. Installing Gadfly requires quite a few dependencies on other >>>>>>> packages, including Cairo and other graphical packages if you want PNG >>>>>>> charts (for iTerm2+IPython inline charts, a similar use case to this >>>>>>> one). >>>>>>> TextPlot would be quite useful for machines that cannot build all those >>>>>>> other packages, so I don't want to make TextPlot depend on any of those >>>>>>> packages. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think TextPlot is pretty capable already; please let me know if >>>>>>> you can think of anything it's missing! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Friday, May 23, 2014 5:24:50 AM UTC-4, Ivar Nesje wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yes, that was definitely my intention to suggest. It looks to me >>>>>>>> like ASCIIPlots.jl and DotPlot.jl solves the same problem in a very >>>>>>>> similar >>>>>>>> way, and whether to use Unicode for higher resolution seems like >>>>>>>> something >>>>>>>> I would expect to be an option. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anyway, the ultimate goal for ASCII art plots, would be to >>>>>>>> implement it as a backend for one of the normal plotting packages. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ivar >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> kl. 10:06:42 UTC+2 fredag 23. mai 2014 skrev Tobias Knopp følgende: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I think "merge" was meant as: Lets create one uniform package and >>>>>>>>> join the efforts. Since ASCIIPlots is not actively maintained I think >>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>> would be really great if you could take the lead to make an awsome >>>>>>>>> text >>>>>>>>> plotting tool. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I like the name TextPlot by the way. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Am Donnerstag, 22. Mai 2014 17:42:06 UTC+2 schrieb Adam Smith: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> TextPlot seems like a good name. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the offer on merging, but again, there's really >>>>>>>>>> nothing to merge. Adding scatterplots to dotplot will be trivial; >>>>>>>>>> I'll do >>>>>>>>>> that soon (making dotplot's features a superset of ASCIIPlots). >>>>>>>>>> There is >>>>>>>>>> nothing compatible/overlapping between these two (small) codebases >>>>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>>>> merging to make sense. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I would be curious what John Myles White thinks about a more >>>>>>>>>> complete terminal plotting package for Julia. ASCIIPlots clearly >>>>>>>>>> imitates >>>>>>>>>> Matlab's plotting functions ("imagesc"), and I was going for >>>>>>>>>> something >>>>>>>>>> closer to Mathematica or Maple (which are more symbolic-oriented than >>>>>>>>>> Matlab), since I think the syntax is prettier. However, I know a >>>>>>>>>> large >>>>>>>>>> portion of Julia's users are also Matlab users, so if >>>>>>>>>> Matlab-compatibility >>>>>>>>>> is a goal, you may want to keep the packages separate. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:25:01 AM UTC-4, Leah Hanson wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Maybe something like TextPlot would be a good merged name? It >>>>>>>>>>> conveys what the package does (text plots) rather than how it does >>>>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>>>> (Braille characters). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Having a more complete plotting package for the terminal would >>>>>>>>>>> move towards having a way to make `plot` just work when you start >>>>>>>>>>> up a >>>>>>>>>>> Julia REPL, which I think is a goal. I'd be happy to help merge >>>>>>>>>>> them, but >>>>>>>>>>> probably won't have time for a couple weeks. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- Leah >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Adam Smith < >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not totally opposed to it, but my initial reaction is not >>>>>>>>>>>> to: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> 1. I don't necessarily agree about the name. I personally >>>>>>>>>>>> think "dot plot" has a nice ring to it, and it is a more >>>>>>>>>>>> accurate >>>>>>>>>>>> description of what it does (using Braille characters). This >>>>>>>>>>>> very >>>>>>>>>>>> specifically exploits Unicode (non-ASCII) characters, so >>>>>>>>>>>> calling it an >>>>>>>>>>>> ASCII plot would be misleading (for those who want the >>>>>>>>>>>> restricted character >>>>>>>>>>>> set for some reason). >>>>>>>>>>>> 2. There's not really a single line of code they have in >>>>>>>>>>>> common, so there's nothing to "merge": it would just be a >>>>>>>>>>>> rename. I didn't >>>>>>>>>>>> look at the code of ASCIIPlots before making it, and we chose >>>>>>>>>>>> completely >>>>>>>>>>>> different APIs. For example, ASCIIPlots doesn't have a way to >>>>>>>>>>>> plot >>>>>>>>>>>> functions, and DotPlot doesn't (yet) have a way to scatterplot >>>>>>>>>>>> an array. >>>>>>>>>>>> 3. They are both quite small and simple (dotplot is ~100 >>>>>>>>>>>> lines of code, ascii is ~250); merging would probably be more >>>>>>>>>>>> work than >>>>>>>>>>>> either originally took to create. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:31:10 AM UTC-4, Ivar Nesje wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Would it make sense to merge this functionality into >>>>>>>>>>>>> ASCIIPlots? To me that seems like a better name, and John Myles >>>>>>>>>>>>> White is >>>>>>>>>>>>> likely to be willing to transfer the repository if you want to be >>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>>> maintainer. That package started from code posted on the mailing >>>>>>>>>>>>> list, and >>>>>>>>>>>>> the author thought it was a joke. John packaged it for others to >>>>>>>>>>>>> use. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >> >
