On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 4:59 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 4:53 PM, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I don't know if this can be done automatically but axes labels can be >> set using the axes_labels method described on the page >> http://www.sagemath.org/doc/html/ref/module-sage.plot.plot.html >> (a little over 1/2 way down the page). >> > > Yes, it could be done automatically. > > I really really really wish somebody would get all inspired and put some > work into devel/sage/sage/plot/plot.py. It's really gone almost nowhere in > the year and a half since Alex Clemesha stopped working on it. Deep inside I really want to give it another big push. Major, systematic work is (as we all know, blah, blah ;) hard - as in full time commitment.
Here is what I have been thinking: I have always 'dreamed' of basically having the plotting code turn into a self contained library, maybe call it 'mmaplotlib' (like matplotlib). I would use Matplotlib as the backend, of course. I might start working on this, which might provide these benefits: 1) I will spend more dedicated time on it, because it will be a package bearing my name (this boosts the pressure to perform & produce, as we all know) 2) Other people might get involved would care only about making an awesome add-on to matplotlib that does Mathematica like plotting. (and the whole community will benefit from it). Thoughts? thanks, Alex ps. I have also had crazy ideas like the above, but using the 'Canvas' element for the web browser. (just thought I would mention this) I do > realize Bobby Moretti, Jason Grout, Robert Bradshaw/Miller and I have done > some important polish work..., but there's been no major systematic work > at all in a long time. > > -- William > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
