Fernando Perez wrote: > hopefully the responsibilities will be: > > - ipython -> interactive work > - numpy/scipy -> numerics > - matploblib -> plotting >
On Jan 3, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Christopher Barker wrote: I sure hope so too. > Following these ideas, in my personal use I normally do: > > import numpy as N > import scipy as S > import pylab as P > At this point, it isn't quite possible to use just matplotlib for > interactive use, as pylab has the functionality to manage the figure > windows, etc, so I do use a tiny bit of pylab there, but try to > keep to > the OO interface otherwise. A tangential question; recently I was looking for a way to save/load numeric data (often so it could be used later for building plots). I found load/save better documented than numpy's to/fromfile, so used that. The question, from the responsibility point of view, however, is where I should be going to get this functionality. Are both equally "stable"? Also, since numpy borrows from matlab, I was surprised that load/save is only provided via matplotlib's mlab.py (its not in numpy's matlib.py). > THe key stumbling block is docs -- most of the docs and tutorials use > the pylab interface, so it's a bit harder to figure out what to do. > This > should help get you started: Agreed. > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11033442 I never found that on the wiki, and have spent some time looking thru it. > (Did that ever get up on the Wiki?, and/or does anyone have other > pointers?) As an experienced Matlab programmer, I have found http://37mm.no/mpy/matlab-numpy.html quite useful, but this isn't emphasizing the OO aspect of matplotlib. > > -Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
