2009/4/28 John Hunter <jdh2...@gmail.com>: > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Pierre Raybaut <cont...@pythonxy.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I would like to contribute to matplotlib with this enhancement for the >> PyQt4 backend: the idea is to add a toolbar button to configure figure >> options (axes, curves, ...). >> >> It's based on a tiny module called formlayout to generate PyQt4 form >> dialog automatically. >> >> Some screenshots: >> http://code.google.com/p/formlayout/ >> >> So, if you're interested (all the following is GPL2): >> >> *matplotlib patch* >> >> In FigureManagerQT.__init__, added: >> self.canvas.axes = self.canvas.figure.add_subplot(111) >> >> In NavigationToolbar2QT._init_toolbar, added: >> a = self.addAction(self._icon("customize.png"), 'Customize', >> self.edit_parameters) >> a.setToolTip('Edit curves line and axes parameters') >> >> Added the following method in NavigationToolbar2QT: >> def edit_parameters(self): >> from figureoptions import figure_edit >> figure_edit(self.canvas, self) >> >> *additionnal modules and data* >> >> formlayout.py (http://code.google.com/p/formlayout/) >> figureoptions.py (http://code.google.com/p/PyQtShell/) >> customize.png (http://code.google.com/p/PyQtShell/) > > Hi Pierre -- this looks very nice (the last link is broken though , I get a > 404 error). We would be happy to include this in matplotlib or as a
Here is the last link: http://code.google.com/p/pyqtshell/ > toolkit. To contribute it to to mpl, the license needs to be matplotlib > compatible > (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/devel/coding_guide.html#licenses) but we > have more licensing flexibility in a toolkit, though we prefer to keep > everything BSD compatible where possible. And of course you would need to > agree to maintain it :-) but I think many users would appreciate a GUI plot > configuration dialog. I was not aware of this license restriction in matplotlib... I fully understand the motivation, of course, but still: I wrote all this on my free time which means no PyQt4 commercial license, so it can't be anything but GPL. Sorry... Pierre > > JDH > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
