Michael Droettboom wrote: > What is the advantage of JSON (is this specific case) over Python source > code? matplotlib is designed around it and it's more flexible. Unless > you're planning on automatically manipulating the JSON, I don't see why > you wouldn't just use Python source.
Indeed. There have been a few threads about this topic, and I think the consensus is that the way to auto-generate figures is with python. I don't think that there is any technical reason that one couldn't create a serialized version of an MPL figure in XML, or JSON, (or, for that matter, a python data structure), but it would be a fair bit of effort to write the code, and I don't think you'd get any real advantage over just using scripts -- you need a python script to create a figure in the first place, why not serialize that? -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 chris.bar...@noaa.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
