Hey, it's getting vivid! Nice! 2010/8/19 Benjamin Root <ben.r...@ou.edu>: > Neat! I have been sticking mainly to the front-end parts of matplotlib with > only a vague understanding of the backend/core pieces. I am learning more > all the time.
I'm diving sometimes into matplotlib code, but this is the deepest glimpse I have reached so far ... >> > By the time we get to the backends, all the color data should be in a >> > clean, >> > broadcasted rgba form, so it should then be a relatively simple check of >> > the >> > grey flag before writing out the color information. >> >> Mmmh, for some reason colorConverter is used there again, maybe >> historical. >> > > Might be a good idea to try and make a flowchart of some sort and codify > where and when certain things should be done and strive for that > organization. Maybe it would be good contribution to the developer's documentation of *how matplotlib works*. > I hope it isn't the blind leading the blind here. I tend to get lots of > crazy design ideas, especially when dealing with overall architecture, even > without fully understanding exactly how things work. haha! Seems that we are similar in this respect. But in this case, I really tried to tell only ideas which are verified to work from inspection of the code afaict. > Do you have a github account? Maybe we can fork Andrew Straw's repo and > bang on this for a on a separate branch. I have about a week and a half > left before I have to divert my full attention to a month-long project. It's a good idea, my account is friedrichromstedt, maybe you can fork and add me as an collaborator? > Maybe we should also start up another thread summarizing some of the ideas > that has been passed around in this thread and make a prioritized ToDo list > with milestones? How long do you think will this gray thingy take? My plan was to finish next week by Friday. I hope I will get a whole picture today night. Friedrich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
