Hello, I recently committed a support for a curvelinear grid in the axes_grid toolkit. What it does for you is to draw a ticks and grid appropriate for a curvelinear coordinate system, as in the example below.
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/_images/demo_floating_axis1.png The main motivation behind this work was to display astronomical images with matplotlib. However, I included this in the axes_grid toolkit hoping that this could be also useful in other fields. The reason I'm posting this email is related to a possible refactoring of the matplolib, that John once mentioned, to better support the ticks and spines. To support the curvelinear grid, I had to create a customized Axes class, and I believe that some of my effort overlaps with the refactoring that John mentioned. In the linked document below, I tried to describe the changes I made for this. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/users/axislines.html I guess some of my idea or implementation may be considered to be a part of the refactoring (if it ever happens :) ). Or, at least, I hope that the issues I had with mpl's current Axes implementation are reflected in the refactoring efforts. Well, I just wanted to toss around some ideas and hear what others think. Regards, -JJ ps. Are we having a sprint during the scipy conference by the way? I may join remotely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
