Thanks for the info -- very informative -- maybe this post could be somehow added or linked to from http://www.scipy.org/PyLab
-- Sebastian Haase On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Eric Firing<efir...@hawaii.edu> wrote: > marc desmarais wrote: >> Are there still two pylabs? Are the following two web pages referring >> to the same pylab? > > Not exactly: >> > This one is a vision or proposal, open for discussion: >> http://www.scipy.org/PyLab > > This one is real: >> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ >> > > The pylab interface to the matplotlib plotting library has some of the > characteristics the author of the first link is talking about, but the > trend has been away from some aspects of that vision, not towards it. > > For more about the real pylab, see > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/usage_faq.html#matplotlib-pylab-and-pyplot-how-are-they-related > > >> I'm a bit confused (trying to get the Scipy, Numpy, Pylab, Matplolib >> story straight, before I plunge in) > > Numpy is the common core, providing N-dimensional arrays and math; > matplotlib is a plotting library, using numpy; scipy is a collection of > math/science functionality, also using numpy. > > But don't forget ipython, which provides a nice interactive shell: > http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ > > Eric > >> >> Marc Desmarais >> Long Beach, CA, 90814 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
