On Feb 6, 2015, at 5:25 PM, "Alan W. Irwin" <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote:
> On 2015-02-06 15:15-0500 Jim Dishaw wrote: > >> On Feb 6, 2015, at 2:40 PM, "Alan W. Irwin" <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca> >> wrote: >> >>> On 2015-02-06 08:36-0500 Jim Dishaw wrote: >>> >>>> I was able to get nearly identical outputs using psc with a replot >>> of the plot buffer. The only differences were the time stamp in the >>> header and an additional pen color command that doesn't affect >>> anything. >>> >>> Hi Jim: >>> >>> That sounds like an extremely encouraging result. Did you test that >>> for all of our standard examples or just a few of them? I also suggest >>> you do the equivalent test with -dev svg since that device has >>> essentially full PLplot capability while -dev psc is missing a lot >>> and therefore does not provide as stringent a test. >>> > >> I implemented one test derived from example 1 because it exercised a > good set of features. I would need to create modified versions of > each example, which I am not sure is a good use of time nor necessary. > > I think I need to clarify what I meant which would require > no change to current standard examples. > > For the existing unchanged C examples and current plmeta device you > should be able to do something like the following: > > examples/c/x??c -dev plmeta -o <output plmeta file> > plrender -i filename -dev psc -o <output psc file result> > That is a good idea--I did not think of that option--and I will implement when plmeta is working. I do, however, want to keep the test program that I wrote because it covers a different set of functions that will not get exercised by your suggestion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
