Hi Phil I got a good plot on CentOS, below output. I'll test other Linux later
12:40:53: Debug: wxPLplotwindow::wxPLplotwindow 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLplotwindow::wxPLplotwindow 12:40:53: Debug: frame->Create 12:40:53: Debug: Plot() Yielding 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLplotwindow::OnCreate 12:40:53: Debug: plD_init_wxwidgets(): enter 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): enter 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): gc done 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): m_interactiveTextGcdc done 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): SetDC done 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): leave 12:40:53: Debug: plD_init_wxwidgets(): leave 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLplotwindow::OnCreate 12:40:53: Debug: plD_init_wxwidgets(): enter 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): enter 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): gc done 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): m_interactiveTextGcdc done 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): SetDC done 12:40:53: Debug: wxPLDevice(): leave 12:40:53: Debug: plD_init_wxwidgets(): leave 12:40:54: Debug: Plot() 12:40:54: Debug: Plot() >So what I > would propose is that for this release we attempt to not add or > remove > anything from the API and just stick with an example that works with > what we've got. Then after this release we can add non-template > classes for wxFrame, wxDialog and wxPanel which can be used really > easily by our users and we have time to test them and make sure the > API for their use is stable before the next release. > > Does that seem sensible? yes, sounds good, thanks -Pedro On 2017-01-04 09:26, Phil Rosenberg wrote: > Hi All > > Right I'm back with sensible access to all my systems and back into > my > usual routine. > > So, here goes > > On 28 December 2016 at 05:00, Pedro Vicente > <pedro.vice...@space-research.org> wrote: >> One small caveat is that I think you can only instantiate the >> template with >> a class that has this Create() >> signature >> >> Create(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& title, const >> wxPoint& pos, const wxSize& size, long style, const wxString& name) >> >> which is of course , wxFrames, the current use. >> Probably dialogs too, but maybe not things like buttons and other >> GUI >> elements. >> But I assume that the vast majority of users, if not all, draws the >> plot in >> "regular" windows?. > > You are indeed correct about this. The other very major category that > I think doesn't have this signature is wxPanels and we absolutely > must > maintain compatibility for this class. In fact it is more important > for this class than any other, because you could create always create > a wxPanel and put it as the only element of a wxFrame, wxDialog, > wxPage etc > > So what I have done is modify the example so that we now generate two > wxFrames with identical plots, but in slightly different ways. > > In one I have used the wxPlDemoFrame and moved most of the > initialisation code into its constructor and then this frame is set > up > to capture idle events. When it captures idle events it checks > everything is ready and calls Plot() (setting a flag so this only > happens once). > > In the other I show how a frame can be created without using > inheritance, with the caveat that Show() must be called and we must > then wait for the wxEVT_CREATE event to be processed before we do any > plotting. > > If I have this right then these methods should be totally general and > should allow any of the constructors for any of the different > wxWindow > derived classes to be used. Which is good. > > However, you are very correct Pedro that mostly people are likely to > want to derive from classes such as wxFrame, wxDialog and wxPanel. I > think it makes sense to create those classes for our users so that > they can use those in as few lines of code as possible. So what I > would propose is that for this release we attempt to not add or > remove > anything from the API and just stick with an example that works with > what we've got. Then after this release we can add non-template > classes for wxFrame, wxDialog and wxPanel which can be used really > easily by our users and we have time to test them and make sure the > API for their use is stable before the next release. > > Does that seem sensible? > > So I have just committed the changes I mentioned above. Pedro and > Alan, if you have time to test them on your Linux systems that would > be good. I've tested on my Windows system and I'm about to do so on > my > Linux system too. > > Phil -- Pedro Vicente pedro.vice...@space-research.org http://www.space-research.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
