Hello, On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:38:27 +0100 Damon McDougall <damon.mcdoug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do people feel about perhaps adding a matplotlib version, mocking > the same calling signature as graph? > > I think the most important question is: would it be useful? Yes, this would certainly be useful! I think there are people unfamiliar with Python, but rather excited about MPL's plotting capabilities. I personally would want it to read data from white-space separated text files (np.loadtxt()), probably CSV files, and HDF5 files (e.g. using h5py, if available). To be useful for different purposes, I'd want the tool to be able to use different backends (producing e.g. PNG output in case you need a figure to send via e-mail or PGF output in case you are preparing a LaTeX document). Matplotlibrc should be hidden from the user. As Gnuplot was specifically mentioned in another e-mail in this thread, let me use that opportunity to mention that MPL falls behind Gnuplot in terms of line styles. Using MPL, I found ls="-" and maybe ls="--" to be useful, whereas Gnuplot offers 9 linestyles that are easy to distinguish visually. Compare e.g. the figure linked in http://www.der-schnorz.de/2010/09/gnuplot-colors-presentations-papers-and-contrast/ In case this is of general interest, we might discuss that in a new thread. As a side note, personally, for text file visualisation, I often use this dirty MPL plotting plugin for the text editor of my choice (Geany): https://github.com/aeberspaecher/GeanyPlot A command line tool would of course be preferred. Cheers Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
