This is really a wonderful package; a nice step toward the plotting capabilities one expects to have available in a great language. Fantastic job!
// T On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:12:06 PM UTC+2, Michael Prentiss wrote: > > Thanks for the detailed answers. They were very helpful. > > This sort of thing where you have data -> calculated abstraction -> > recover data, is so > frequent that having a generic way of building this sort of tool will be > hugely valuable. > Recovering data by text is useful, but there are times where graphics is > necessary. > The nature of my question is if you have the data and a calculated > abstraction can you > hotwire your stuff to do something similar to what you are doing. After > your infrastructure > work, it is just a matter of time until others add more interfaces. This > is really exciting stuff. > Thanks > > > > 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 >> >>
