[Matplotlib-users] mpl 1.3 xkcd
At work both mpl 1.1 and mpl 1.2 are installed. (I have no idea why.) Vagaries of our current packaging cause problems (import finds 1.1 before 1.2 in sys.path). The question was what to do. I took a look at the latest What's New document and concluded that removing 1.1 would be the best route. In the process, I also skimmed the 1.3 release notes. What's this? How was it that I missed the new xkcd style??? I mentioned this in my reply about the 1.1/1.2 internecine conflict. Almost immediately, I got two responses: I always preferred GNUplot over matplotlib until I heard there was an xkcd mode in matplotlib. - Vic I don't use matplotlib but all of a sudden I have the urge to plot something JUST to use the xkcd plotting format. Mark I don't know who is responsible for your marketing, but they clearly need to blanket the world with press releases about this new functionality. This could be the killer app for matplotlib. I can't wait until we see xkcd-style plots in Science or The Astrophysical Journal. :-) Skip -- October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
Re: [Matplotlib-users] mpl 1.3 xkcd
In the process, I also skimmed the 1.3 release notes. What's this? How was it that I missed the new xkcd style??? Did you know about http://matplotlib.org/xkcd/gallery.html I don't know who is responsible for your marketing, but they clearly need to blanket the world with press releases about this new functionality. This could be the killer app for matplotlib. It has been on frontage of nbviewer for quite some time though, and if you are interested on historical reason on how/when it was created, I suggest you to read http://nbviewer.ipython.org/url/jakevdp.github.com/downloads/notebooks/XKCD_plots.ipynb or http://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2012/10/07/xkcd-style-plots-in-matplotlib/ (highly advise to read jake blog in any case) -- Matthias -- October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
