sorry to be a wet blanket, but... Barry Wark wrote: > going "native" for rendering would allow mpl > to integrate more smoothly with the rest of the 2D and 3D
MPL is really only a 2D system -- there's been talk of the next generation version building 3D in, but we're really not there yet. > ability to offload rendering and/or coordinate > transformation to the graphics card, With the multi-backend paradigm, it's really hard to truly take advantage of this kind of thing -- optimum performance on any given platform is just not going to happen. > ability to easily produce output > in any of the CoreImage supported formats, That's nice, but again, a bit out of sync with the cross platform nature of MPL. ability to incorporate > transparency and alpha blending within the view hierarchy, ability to > combine media (QuickTime, OpenGL, and Quartz) in layers (the real > purpose of the CoreAnimation engine), again -- very platform specific. In short, CoreGraphics is the obvious choice for a Mac-only tools, but the advantages are greatly reduced for a platform and back-end independent tool like MPL. Which isn't to say that the Cocoa back-end isn't a good idea -- but the primary reason for it that I see is to be able to integrate with PyObjC apps. Really, Agg (or Cairo, if we didn't have those pesky licensing issues) is a great way to go for a tool like MPL. It rally keeps things platform independent. If MPL does go 3D in the future, then OpenGL is probably the way to go too -- it's more or less the same everywhere. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
