Super exciting work! And I must say: great with a video along with the ANN.
(Good idea with the playlist as well, Viral)
On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 11:29:37 AM UTC-4, Tim Holy wrote:
>
> Since yesterday I've added a couple of new features:
> - A "Save As" button to the toolbar so you can easily export your figures
> as SVG, PNG, PDF, or PS. (This just uses the Gadfly/Compose writers.)
> - The ability to "tweak" a plot after its initial creation. Here's the
> setup:
>
> julia> using Immerse, Colors
>
> julia> hfig = figure()
> 1
>
> julia> x = linspace(0,4pi,101);
>
> julia> p = plot(x=x, y=sin(x), Geom.line(tag=:line))
>
>
> Then in combination with the REPL's lovely down-arrow capability, I've
> found I can amuse myself for hours by cycling through
>
> julia> setproperty!((hfig,:line), rand(1:5), :linewidth)
> 3
>
> julia> setproperty!((hfig,:line), RGB(rand(),rand(),rand()), :stroke)
> RGB{Float64}(0.9563599683564541,0.20964995278692222,0.997388106654052)
>
> julia> setproperty!((hfig,:line), false, :visible)
> false
>
> julia> setproperty!((hfig,:line), true, :visible)
> true
>
>
> Enjoy wasting time in the same way I have :-).
> --Tim
>
>
> On Monday, September 14, 2015 at 10:15:04 AM UTC-5, Tim Holy wrote:
>>
>> I'm pleased to announce the availability of the Immerse package:
>> https://github.com/JuliaGraphics/Immerse.jl
>>
>> Immerse is designed to add a new layer of interactivity to Gadfly plots.
>>
>> I've also posted two tutorial videos:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urM4SY92QTI
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ic5vj9hD-w
>>
>> The second video in particular has "the fun stuff," and shows some
>> features
>> I've long wished for in Julia: really good ways to go backwards from
>> plotted
>> objects to the data underlying each object, so that one can figure out
>> what's
>> going on in a complex, multidimensional data set.
>>
>> It probably goes without saying, but Immerse is so new that you should
>> expect
>> a certain amount of API churn as it evolves. In particular, I've already
>> changed one of the `hit` callback arguments since I filmed that second
>> video
>> this morning :-). However, I personally find that it's already quite
>> functional
>> and darned handy; I encourage you to start making use of it and see
>> whether it
>> makes a difference in your work.
>>
>> Despite my attempts to upload these videos to the JuliaLanguage youtube
>> channel, these seem to be going to my personal channel (which I didn't
>> even
>> have, before now...). If anyone has any tips about how to transfer them,
>> I'd
>> be grateful.
>>
>> Best,
>> --Tim
>>
>>
