On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:23:14PM +0100, Gael Varoquaux wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 04:11:59PM -0600, John Hunter wrote: > > Also, my version of GaelInput has seemed to stop evolving. This > > version has the option to draw lines between clicks, which I use a > > lot. Also, the default timeout is 0 now, since you can always > > right-click to abort. > > You can still use this behavoir, using a timeout of zero, n = 0, and the > middle click to end (I use right_click to cancel points). I am not sure > what the default timeout should be. If you have strong opinions about it > being 0, that's fine with me. > > As far as n = 0 being the default, I think this is a bad idea. First of > all, it break matlab-compatibility for no good reasons, second in most > cases, IMHO, the naive programmer only wants one point, and puts some > logics afterwards. He will not read the doc, and wont understand why his > function is not returning after one click (so many people don't even know > how to read docstring, I am not kidding). > > As for the lines, having lines implies that there is a connection order > in your points, which is not always the case. I suggest thus adding a > optional (oof by default) keyword argument for this behavior.
In my applications I select multiple points from a particular line, highlighting the point that will be selected as the mouse cursor moves. I put a text message on the plot explaining what to do which disappears when the selection is complete. Some other useful cases are selecting an x-range, a y-range or a box, with the appropriate shading for the selected region. This is still in Tcl/Tk+BLT; I haven't moved it over to Python yet. - Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
