> Michael wrote: >> In my personal naming scheme what is a "graph" in PyX >> would rather be a figure or a plot. Then, one would >> create a graph in a plot and not plot in a graph, as it >> is at the moment.
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, André Wobst apparently wrote: > This would be very disruptive. We should not do that without a > lengthly discussion. For the moment a historic note you may not be > aware of as you started with PyX without the pre-PyX-phase at Uni > Augsburg. We have been gle users (http://glx.sourceforge.net) where > you have begin graph / end graph blocks. > Maybe a native speaker wants to comment this. Both ways of speaking are possible, unfortunately. Verbs: plot, graph, chart, diagram Nouns: plot, graph, chart, diagram Exceptions (nouns only): figure, canvas I would say that 'figure' is the most general term for a canvas+drawing. After that comes chart, and then graph. I call a figure by other names depending on what I draw on it. If I plot/graph a function (with axes), I create a graph containing one plot. If I plot/graph another function, I add one more plot to this graph. Of course it is true that this plot is a visual representation of part of the graph of the function, using math terminology. But it would sound very odd to say that I add one more graph to this plot. So I cannot agree with Michael. Cheers, Alan Isaac ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ PyX-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pyx-user
