Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
This SVG format gets better everyday. For those of you unfortunate enough not to have the choice of freedom from the M$ Monopoly, I discovered that Visio supports SVG file directly. In fact, the rendering is better then Inscape and get this: you can copy and paste *directly* over to PowerPoint and Word and you can even embed it as a Visio object. The quality is superb! Even the browser can read SVG file (somewhat - the quality isn't very good). -Original Message- From: Derek Hohls Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG For those of you fortunate enough to have the choice be free from the M$ Monopoly, you can use the Open Office Impress package to do something similar to the steps below. However, if you want to work directly with SVG files, then you should install the SVG import filter, available from: http://www.ipd.uka.de/~hauma/svg-import/ (Installation and use are described very clearly). If you have saved an SVG file from MPL, you can now open it in Open Office Draw, ungroup it (you will need to repeat this command a number of times) and edit the elements. Save the file as an Open Office drawing (.odg) for use in other Open Office applications. One strange thing I encountered was that the default background for fonts was blue? This seems to be a problem with the import filter, and has been reported on the wiki support page: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/SVG_User_Experiences# Blue_background_for_all_text_elements but not fixed. To change this manually: left-click to select a text element, then right-click and choosing Edit Style... and then select White or None from the Area menu. *** As a footnote, I see that an integrated SVG filter, designed to be shipped as part of Open Office, is scheduled to be developed as part of the Google 2007 Summer of Code - see: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2007/p roposals#Draw.2FImpress:_SVG_Import_Filter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007/05/15 01:08 AM Not exactly OT. I would not recommend using .eps format in order to export MPL graphs for Inkscape. I've been playing around with Inkscape for a few days now and I've been using .svg exclusively and don't have any problem. As I said before, I like the fact that once I am inside Inscape, I can do an ungroup of the graph, and work with all of the plotting elements individually. In fact, I just discover a nice way to cut and paste a particular subplot over to PowerPoint. This gives me very high quality graphs in Power Point (I can scale all I want). No more fuzzy, ugly-looking Power Point charts. Here's how: a) Create MPL plots in .svg format b) From Inscape, read in .svg c) Select subplot and ungroup d) Copy and paste to a new page e) Shrink the page down to the size of the object f) Save as emf file g) Import into PowerPoint In addition, I am also using Inscape to get around the problem with the PDF backend in MPL. I reported previously that I am unable to save more then 8 PDF files per execuation. Now, I save the files in .svg format, then invoke Inscape in command line mode and export the file in pdf format. Works great. Regards, -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fernando Perez Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:57 AM To: Steve Schmerler Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG On 5/12/07, Steve Schmerler wrote: Fernando Perez wrote: Did you install pstoedit? If you do, you'll see that inkscape will then be able to load .eps/.ps files in a fully editable format. I've used it to fix decade-old plots for which the only thing around was the eps file. I tried to export an .svg from MPL (0.90.0rev3131) with rcParams['text.usetex']=True and got a NotImplementedError (same for the pdf backend with usetex, see attached log). I was wondering: Is it (technically) possible to have .svg export capabilities with usetex-support and if so, has there been no need for this feature so far (not that I need it urgently, just curious..)? There's actually a real MPL bug in there (not just the NotImplementedError) but I'll report it separately in a minute. Anyway, to work with MPL-images (.ps/.eps) in Inkscape, I installed pstoedit but loading these files doesn't work (seems not to recognize them as images). Sorry if I'm driving the Inkscape-stuff a bit OT here, but: What version of Inkscape friends are you using? I'm using pstoedit 3.44, Inkscape 0.44.1. The Latex-formula-feature of Inkscape is also not working and the error seems related to pstoedit. Maybe someone had similar experiences ... Thanks for any hint! Well, unfortunately it seems
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
Not exactly OT.
I would not recommend using .eps format in order to
export MPL graphs for Inkscape. I've been playing
around with Inkscape for a few days now and I've been
using .svg exclusively and don't have any problem.
As I said before, I like the fact that once I am
inside Inscape, I can do an ungroup of the graph, and
work with all of the plotting elements individually.
In fact, I just discover a nice way to cut and paste
a particular subplot over to PowerPoint. This gives
me very high quality graphs in Power Point (I can
scale all I want). No more fuzzy, ugly-looking Power
Point charts.
Here's how:
a) Create MPL plots in .svg format
b) From Inscape, read in .svg
c) Select subplot and ungroup
d) Copy and paste to a new page
e) Shrink the page down to the size of the object
f) Save as emf file
g) Import into PowerPoint
In addition, I am also using Inscape to get around the
problem with the PDF backend in MPL. I reported
previously that I am unable to save more then 8 PDF
files per execuation. Now, I save the files in .svg
format, then invoke Inscape in command line mode and
export the file in pdf format. Works great.
Regards,
-Original Message-
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On
Behalf Of Fernando Perez
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:57 AM
To: Steve Schmerler
Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
On 5/12/07, Steve Schmerler wrote:
Fernando Perez wrote:
Did you install pstoedit? If you do, you'll see
that
inkscape will
then be able to load .eps/.ps files in a fully
editable format.
I've used it to fix decade-old plots for which
the only
thing around
was the eps file.
I tried to export an .svg from MPL (0.90.0rev3131)
with
rcParams['text.usetex']=True and got a
NotImplementedError
(same for
the pdf backend with usetex, see attached log). I
was
wondering: Is it
(technically) possible to have .svg export
capabilities with
usetex-support and if so, has there been no need
for this
feature so
far (not that I need it urgently, just curious..)?
There's actually a real MPL bug in there (not just
the
NotImplementedError) but I'll report it separately
in a minute.
Anyway, to work with MPL-images (.ps/.eps) in
Inkscape, I installed
pstoedit but loading these files doesn't work
(seems not to
recognize
them as images). Sorry if I'm driving the
Inkscape-stuff a bit OT
here, but: What version of Inkscape friends are
you
using? I'm using
pstoedit 3.44, Inkscape 0.44.1. The
Latex-formula-feature
of Inkscape
is also not working and the error seems related to
pstoedit. Maybe
someone had similar experiences ...
Thanks for any hint!
Well, unfortunately it seems that inkscape is
crashing python
itself... I made a trivial .eps in mpl with:
In [1]: plot(range(10))
Out[1]: [matplotlib.lines.Line2D instance at
0x8f45a8c]
In [2]: title(r'Some \LaTeX $\int_0^\infty f(\gamma)
d\gamma = 1$')
Out[2]: matplotlib.text.Text instance at 0x8f4590c
In [3]: savefig('foo.eps')
and when I tried to load it into inkscape, I got
this very
nasty traceback:
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: free():
invalid
pointer: 0x4081e4e0 *** === Backtrace: =
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0x400ee7cd]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0x400f1e30]
/usr/lib/skencil/Sketch/../Lib/streamfilter.so[0x404e7ce5]
/usr/lib/skencil/Sketch/../Lib/streamfilter.so[0x404e7cd2]
/usr/bin/python[0x8110e6a]
/usr/bin/python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x313)[0x80c9903]
etc.
At this point, this is really becoming OT for the
mpl list,
so I'll stop. But if anyone has the time, it might
be worth
sending this example to the inkscape list so they
work on it
and hopefully fix it.
Cheers,
f
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
Fernando Perez wrote: Did you install pstoedit? If you do, you'll see that inkscape will then be able to load .eps/.ps files in a fully editable format. I've used it to fix decade-old plots for which the only thing around was the eps file. I tried to export an .svg from MPL (0.90.0rev3131) with rcParams['text.usetex']=True and got a NotImplementedError (same for the pdf backend with usetex, see attached log). I was wondering: Is it (technically) possible to have .svg export capabilities with usetex-support and if so, has there been no need for this feature so far (not that I need it urgently, just curious..)? Anyway, to work with MPL-images (.ps/.eps) in Inkscape, I installed pstoedit but loading these files doesn't work (seems not to recognize them as images). Sorry if I'm driving the Inkscape-stuff a bit OT here, but: What version of Inkscape friends are you using? I'm using pstoedit 3.44, Inkscape 0.44.1. The Latex-formula-feature of Inkscape is also not working and the error seems related to pstoedit. Maybe someone had similar experiences ... Thanks for any hint! -- cheers, steve I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. -- Douglas Adams Traceback (most recent call last): File string, line 1, in ? File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py, line 796, in savefig return fig.savefig(*args, **kwargs) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py, line 732, in savefig self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtkagg.py, line 114, in print_figure orientation, **kwargs) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py, line 483, in print_figure orientation, **kwargs) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_svg.py, line 330, in print_figure self.figure.draw(renderer) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py, line 574, in draw for a in self.axes: a.draw(renderer) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py, line 1285, in draw a.draw(renderer) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py, line 601, in draw tick.draw(renderer) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/axis.py, line 176, in draw if self.label1On: self.label1.draw(renderer) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/text.py, line 905, in draw Text.draw(self, renderer) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/text.py, line 415, in draw self._fontproperties, angle) File /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backend_bases.py, line 383, in draw_tex raise NotImplementedError NotImplementedError - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
On 5/12/07, Steve Schmerler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fernando Perez wrote:
Did you install pstoedit? If you do, you'll see that inkscape will
then be able to load .eps/.ps files in a fully editable format. I've
used it to fix decade-old plots for which the only thing around was
the eps file.
I tried to export an .svg from MPL (0.90.0rev3131) with
rcParams['text.usetex']=True and got a NotImplementedError (same for the pdf
backend
with usetex, see attached log). I was wondering: Is it (technically) possible
to have
.svg export capabilities with usetex-support and if so, has there been no
need for
this feature so far (not that I need it urgently, just curious..)?
There's actually a real MPL bug in there (not just the
NotImplementedError) but I'll report it separately in a minute.
Anyway, to work with MPL-images (.ps/.eps) in Inkscape, I installed pstoedit
but
loading these files doesn't work (seems not to recognize them as images).
Sorry if I'm driving the Inkscape-stuff a bit OT here, but:
What version of Inkscape friends are you using? I'm using pstoedit 3.44,
Inkscape
0.44.1. The Latex-formula-feature of Inkscape is also not working and the
error seems
related to pstoedit. Maybe someone had similar experiences ...
Thanks for any hint!
Well, unfortunately it seems that inkscape is crashing python
itself... I made a trivial .eps in mpl with:
In [1]: plot(range(10))
Out[1]: [matplotlib.lines.Line2D instance at 0x8f45a8c]
In [2]: title(r'Some \LaTeX $\int_0^\infty f(\gamma) d\gamma = 1$')
Out[2]: matplotlib.text.Text instance at 0x8f4590c
In [3]: savefig('foo.eps')
and when I tried to load it into inkscape, I got this very nasty traceback:
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: free(): invalid pointer: 0x4081e4e0 ***
=== Backtrace: =
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0x400ee7cd]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x90)[0x400f1e30]
/usr/lib/skencil/Sketch/../Lib/streamfilter.so[0x404e7ce5]
/usr/lib/skencil/Sketch/../Lib/streamfilter.so[0x404e7cd2]
/usr/bin/python[0x8110e6a]
/usr/bin/python(PyEval_EvalCodeEx+0x313)[0x80c9903]
etc.
At this point, this is really becoming OT for the mpl list, so I'll
stop. But if anyone has the time, it might be worth sending this
example to the inkscape list so they work on it and hopefully fix it.
Cheers,
f
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
On 5/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everybody for the explanation of svg in Gimp. That makes sense. Is there any vector based program that does what Gimp does? Try inkscape. I've used it successfully for simple things, though I've never tried to handle a MPL SVG file with it. cheers, f - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
Chris, All I want is to: a) Insert all of the plots I create with MPL onto a Word document. As I said before, my version of Word does not recognize the EPS or PS format created by MPL. I am not blaiming MPL. I am just not willing to send Redmond money to see if their later version does the job properly. The version of Word I have does not import PDF files neither. Besides, the PDF backend of MPL fails when the total number of figures is more then 8. b) Be able to cut and paste part of a MPL figure and insert that to Word. I can do it now via the Gimp path but as I explained previously, the quality is not the greatest. I'll look up the cookbook you cited and try that. Thanks, -Original Message- From: Christopher Barker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everybody for the explanation of svg in Gimp. That makes sense. Is there any vector based program that does what Gimp does? By definition, No. GIMP is a raster editor, it is similar to other raster editors, and fundamentally different than vector graphics programs. There is a little overlap, what do you want to do? It sound like what you really need is a way to put MPL plots in a Word doc. Ideally, you'd use a vector format like EPS, because that's exactly what EPS is for. However, MS has never been good at supporting open formats like that. I'd try PDF. Recent versions of Word may do OK with that. Otherwise, you're back to a lowest common denominator. I've ended up just using PNG. If you set the ppi right, it works just fine. See this Wiki page for how to do that: http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/AdjustingImageSize -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/ORR(206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Henry - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
On Fri, 11 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently wrote: All I want is to: a) Insert all of the plots I create with MPL onto a Word document. This part should be achievable with PNG. Just set the figsize. I have not had problems... b) Be able to cut and paste part of a MPL figure and insert that to Word You can select part of a PDF for copying to the clipboard in Acrobat. fwiw, Alan Isaac - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
On Fri, 11 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently wrote: All I want is to: a) Insert all of the plots I create with MPL onto a Word document. This part should be achievable with PNG. Just set the figsize. I have not had problems... Correct. I am doing that right now. However, because it's not vector based, if I start chaning the figure size, the quality suffers. b) Be able to cut and paste part of a MPL figure and insert that to Word You can select part of a PDF for copying to the clipboard in Acrobat. Been there, done that. Doesn't work. It selects the titles, and anotations. Doesn't select the graphs. fwiw, Alan Isaac -- John Henry - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote On Fri, 11 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently wrote: All I want is to: a) Insert all of the plots I create with MPL onto a Word document. This part should be achievable with PNG. Just set the figsize. I have not had problems... Correct. I am doing that right now. However, because it's not vector based, if I start chaning the figure size, the quality suffers. b) Be able to cut and paste part of a MPL figure and insert that to Word You can select part of a PDF for copying to the clipboard in Acrobat. Been there, done that. Doesn't work. It selects the titles, and anotations. Doesn't select the graphs. Perhaps you could use OpenOffice Draw as described in this url: http://wolfey.sillydog.org/blog/2006/09/20/vector-image-file-conversion- svg-wmf/ It's a shame that it takes such a workaround. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
Bingo! My prayer appears to have been answered. inkscape has no trouble reading the .svg files created by MPL, and Word has no trouble reading the .eps files created by inkscape. So, at least I can use it to preserve the vectors. Too bad inkscape doesn't read .eps directly (complaining...complaining) :=) inkscape treats everything as objects and allows you to ungroup the plots into elements and then you can play with each of the elements individually. When I am done, I can then insert into Word. Too bad it doesn't allow me to paste the objects directly over to Windows but I am not complaining. Thanks, Fernando. -Original Message- From: Fernando Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG On 5/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everybody for the explanation of svg in Gimp. That makes sense. Is there any vector based program that does what Gimp does? Try inkscape. I've used it successfully for simple things, though I've never tried to handle a MPL SVG file with it. cheers, f -- John Henry - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
inkscape has no trouble reading the .svg files created by MPL, and Word has no trouble reading the .eps files created by inkscape. hmm. I wonder what it is about MPL's .eps files that Word doesn't like. Bug in MPL or Word?? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/ORR(206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
inkscape has no trouble reading the .svg files created by MPL, and Word has no trouble reading the .eps files created by inkscape. hmm. I wonder what it is about MPL's .eps files that Word doesn't like. Bug in MPL or Word?? Most likely Word. It's very picky. I have .eps files created by other programs where Word would simply tell you that it's not a supported format. Doesn't say why. -- John Henry - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
Actually, Gimp is the problem. It's obvious they don't have a very good rendering engine. The plots looks very good under Inkscape. The quality of the svg plot depends in large plot on the svg renderer -- perhaps word doesn't do a good job rendering SVG? The matplotlib PNG files look good because agg is a good rendering engine. JDH -- John Henry - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
On 5/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bingo! My prayer appears to have been answered. inkscape has no trouble reading the .svg files created by MPL, and Word has no trouble reading the .eps files created by inkscape. So, at least I can use it to preserve the vectors. Too bad inkscape doesn't read .eps directly (complaining...complaining) :=) Did you install pstoedit? If you do, you'll see that inkscape will then be able to load .eps/.ps files in a fully editable format. I've used it to fix decade-old plots for which the only thing around was the eps file. Thanks, Fernando. Glad it helped. Cheers, f - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
All I want is to: a) Insert all of the plots I create with MPL onto a Word document. If you're fortunate enough to be using the wx backend, there is a Copy_to_Clipboard() method which works great: In a wx App, Ctrl-C can easily be bound to copy the figure to the clipboard, then paste it into apps such as Word.I tend to find better results from saving a higher-resolution PNG and inserting that into documents, but this copy-and-paste works great for quick prints (whereas printing directly from a wxApp seems to be very fragile and change with every wxPython release) I think pylab may not give you access to the Copy_to_Clipboard() method. --Matt Newville - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
On Thu, 10 May 2007 15:51:09 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] apparently wrote: png (works but each plot needs to be magified manually before saving) Use the figsize argument. Cheers, Alan Isaac - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] SVG vs PNG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, list: In my quest to create MPL plots for insertion into Word documents, I tried post-script (doesn't work well - Word doesn't like the ps file created by MPL), pdf (can't create more then 8 plots per job and can not import into word), png (works but each plot needs to be magified manually before saving), and now I am playing around with the svg format. Word doesn't recognize the svg format but I can open the file in gimp, select the portion of the chart I need, and do cut-and-paste over to Word. I can do the same with png format too but svg format works better if I have to do cut and paste and scale. When you open the svg in gimp, it is being rendered as pixels; from that point on, it is the same as if you had made a png at the same resolution, except that there are subtle differences in positioning and probably antialiasing between externally rendered svg and mpl/agg-produced png. Did you try eps rather than ps? Eric My question is this: While the svg files are much smaller then the cooresponding png file (yes, and scalable), I am surprised that the quality of the plot doesn't seem to be that much better (seem like about the same as compared to a corresponding png figure). I would have thought that they should (see for example: http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/talk/jug-nov-2002/slides.html#svg-1). Is this because MPL is not taking advantage of the capabilities offered by svg? I know that not every one works with Word but for good or for bad, that's what I have to work with in oder to submit my paper for publishing. Surely many of you have come across this kind of chanllenge. What have you been doing for inserting MPL created charts into Word? Thanks, -- John Henry - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
