On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Eric Firing <efir...@hawaii.edu> wrote:
> On 09/27/2010 08:35 AM, Benjamin Root wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Eric Firing <efir...@hawaii.edu
> > <mailto:efir...@hawaii.edu>> wrote:
> >
> > On 09/27/2010 03:46 AM, Dieter Weber wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm using matplotlib embedded in my wxpython application and
> > needed to
> > > give users a quick way to relimit a figure, for example after
> > removing a
> > > line from a plot. Therefore I added a button to the toolbar. Do
> you
> > > think it would make sense to include this in matplotlib by
> default?
> >
> > I don't think it would. The standard toolbar is for typical
> interactive
> > use, where I don't think the relimit functionality is needed often
> > enough to justify having its own button--if at all. Better to keep
> that
> > toolbar simple.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> > Just playing devil's advocate here...
> >
> > Considering how we can now have multiple show() calls and with the
> > upcoming ipython looking more and more spiffy, could there be a future
> > use case for this toolbar button?
> >
> > On the other hand, how would the inclusion of this button impact users
> > of other interactive scripts that have added their own buttons? I mean,
> > planning for the future, can it be definitively said that matplotlib
> > will never add anymore toolbar buttons? Could developers rely on that
> > real estate not being taken over by rule of "eminent domain", if you
> will?
> >
> > Ben Root
> >
>
> Ben,
>
> I don't understand either of your questions. What's the point?
>
> Eric
>
>
First, I am asking if there are no use-cases for this button in the future
with the advent of an improved ipython environment? In other words, more
people may use matplotlib+ipython like a regular MATLAB environment. Could
this button be a useful feature later?
Second, irregardless of whether this button is included or not, there have
been app developers who have added buttons to the toolbar for their own
use. Can these developers count on that real estate to always be free? Can
we definitively say that matplotlib will never have more buttons added to
its default toolbar?
Does that make more sense?
Ben Root
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