This is neat to see - I mused into the dark about whether this was possible a couple weeks ago (https://twitter.com/deeplycloudy/status/3130819107).
The killer-app next step would be to use a JSON callback to do set up interactive zooming, etc. A web browser is the ultimate portable backend, if you could make it work as smoothly as a local backend. Paul, any chance you'll be at the BACON-PIG local python group tonight in Columbia, MD? -Eric On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 5:04 PM, John Hunter<jdh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul Kienzle expressed interest at the mpl sprint in working on an > html5 canvas backend for mpl. When we were taking GSOC applications > earlier this year, Seo did a partial implementation of an html5 canvas > which outputs javascript. I forwarding his email here with > instructions on how to check this out in case someone wants to pick > this up and run with it > > > 532 hg clone http://bitbucket.org/sanxiyn/matplotlib-canvas/ > 533 cd matplotlib-canvas/ > 536 python simple_plot.py -dmodule://backend_canvas > > This creates a file test.js > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: John Hunter <jdh2...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:42 AM > Subject: Re: Summer of Code 2009: HTML5/Canvas backend for Matplotlib > To: Seo Sanghyeon <sanx...@gmail.com> > Cc: Michael Droettboom <md...@stsci.edu> > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Seo Sanghyeon <sanx...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2009/4/2 John Hunter <jdh2...@gmail.com>: >>> OK, thanks for letting us know. Would you mind if we used your >>> backend work for the html canvas to help the student who will be >>> pursuing the project get a head start? >> >> Not at all! Feel free to use it any way you want. Do you need formal >> license statement? (I didn't feel like attaching one, since it really is >> a single day effort.) > > No need for a special statement -- I'll have this email on file where > you gave us permission, we'll just incorporate it under the matplotlib > license. Thanks a lot. > > >>> Thanks again, and hope to see you on the mpl mailing list! >> >> Indeed. I subscribed to matplotlib-devel, and I plan to work on >> Matplotlib even though I won't do it through SoC. > > > Great -- talk to you there :-) > > JDH > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
