Simon and others I have been a long user of PLPLOT through python. I will recommend matplotlib and ROOT because of their flexibility. PLPLOT doesn't support multi-threads and its scope is limited. Tune Kamae
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 8:22 AM To: "Tisch Dániel" Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Plplot-general] few newbie questions Hi Daniel, There are lots of demos (in various languages) on the wiki page: http://plplot.sourceforge.net/examples.php Specifically regarding writing into a buffer, there was some discussion on the 'plsmem' driver and support for python on the mailing list a while ago: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=800ea22f22d346264ae4cd5f31f3c373.squirrel%40host171.canaca.com&forum_name=plplot-devel Have fun, Simon > Hi, > > I'm new to PLplot, and have a few questions to be able to decide if it > is the right tool for my job or not. Sorry, these are pretty basic, but > I could not find the answers yet. > > 1.: Is there a device to get results in a memory buffer as ARGB? Is > there an example demonstrating this? > 2.: Can something like > http://cairographics.org/samples/rounded_rectangle/ be done with PLplot > easily? If yes, what are the keywords here? > 3.: How feature-rich is text rendering in PLplot? Something like > http://cairographics.org/samples/text/ is possible (different text fill > and outline color)? > 4.: Text rendering is done by PLplot, or entirely by the selected > device? If by device, is it possible to use cairo with pango from PLplot? > > Thanks, > Daniel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You > This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details > its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative > solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Plplot-general mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general
