Hi Andrew! On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Andrew Straw <straw...@astraw.com> wrote: > Hi Ondrej, > > If I was in your shoes, the first thing I'd do is emit your data to plot > as a json object and then plot that data using javascript with one of > the libraries you've listed. Then, after gaining some familiarity with
Thanks for the encouraging email. So I have code up a simple prototype, using exactly the approach you suggested. Examples + screenshot available at: http://github.com/certik/jsplot (just scroll down with your browser, github nicely renders the README.rst). > Python->json->javascript I'd think about how such an MPL backend might > work. A usecase I could imagine is some Django app that uses MPL to plot > stuff into a javascript canvas element complete with zooming and so on. Yes, I use django and instead of mpl, I use the flotr library, that does zooming+plotting automatically. > > I think there are a lot of open questions in this domain... For example, > presumably one doesn't want the server involved when the client browser > zooms. But then if you implement something that allows the client > browser to zoom without the server MPL process, you're no longer using > the normal MPL callback system. So, interactivity would probably be Yes, in fact, I am not using MPL at all. > different than in the traditional backends. > > You could also start with the svg backend, as browsers do render svg. I wonder what to do now. I think I'll just emulate the MPL api, that's easy. Anyway, I can work finally. Thanks for the help! Ondrej ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
