Maybe in that case the graphing could be easier by using things like plotly? My experience is that doing the plots „nice“ is quite some work, e.g. for doing the axis labeling.
OpenROAD currently goes that way to move to a web based gui. But they often run in containers where gui is a pain anyway. > Am 02.09.2026 um 06:37 schrieb Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>: > > I don't have a complete answer for that, but I have some thoughts. One > thought is that PSPP could use a web based graphical interface instead of a > gtk based GUI. In some ways, that's easier and more flexible these days, and > it doesn't have the same failure modes. > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 9:26 PM Friedrich Beckmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > This is really amazing to rewrite the whole pspp kernel in Rust! For me the > picture is > not clear how the gui could be handled. Do you have any idea? Or do you plan > to keep > the Rust version text only? > > > Am 01.09.2026 um 22:23 schrieb Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>: > > > > This year, I've spent most of the time that I can dedicate to PSPP > > development on rewriting > > PSPP in Rust. A big motivation for this is bugs: it is easier to write > > reliable code in Rust than > > in C, because of the way that the language is structured. Security issues > > are closely related. > > > > But I've been able to do some work in the Rust version that I had not done > > in the C version. > > Currently, I am working on support for displaying graphs that appear in SPV > > files. This will > > ultimately allow PSPP to produce graphs in the full generality that SPSS > > supports. I'm > > making good progress on this. My hope is that I'll be able to release this > > feature in the > > Rust version of PSPP by the end of the year. > > > > I post about progress sometimes on my Mastodon account, which you can > > follow at > > https://framapiaf.org/@blp. I recently posted one example of progress on > > PSPP graphs: > > https://framapiaf.org/@blp/117197565164328276. You can also view other PSPP > > related posts that I've made there: > > https://framapiaf.org/deck/@blp/tagged/pspp >
