Re: [matplotlib-devel] Sample data: a proposal

2010-09-12 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
Andrew Straw writes: >> 3. To make this work, agree that sample data files are immutable: if a >> new version is needed, it needs to have a new name (and thus the >> examples using it need to be updated). The files have not been >> changed a lot [2], so I don't think this is very much

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Named figures support

2010-09-12 Thread butterw
Le 12 sept. 2010 18:08, Benjamin Root a écrit : That would be a neat feature. Which other backends have you tested? I presume that numbers still work as usual? Ben Root I've tested it on TkAgg and Qt4Agg which are the only backends I use. Numbers should be working just as before. The p

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Named figures support

2010-09-12 Thread Benjamin Root
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Peter Butterworth wrote: > I am considering a patch to support named figures. > > >> > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3057301&group_id=80706&atid=560723 > Tracker: Feature Requests > pls support named figures - ID: 3057301 > > instead of only: > pl

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Sample data: a proposal

2010-09-12 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Andrew Straw wrote: > #1 and #2 seem reasonable to me. > > I don't like #3 -- for the same reasons as we want to separate the rest I agree with Andrew here -- we don't want to hamstring our ability to change the data just because some people would rather take a v

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Sample data: a proposal

2010-09-12 Thread Andrew Straw
On 09/12/2010 07:10 AM, Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > A while ago there was a discussion [1] about how using the > get_sample_data function in building the documentation is a problem for > Debian packagers. Let me see if I understand the goals of > get_sample_data correctly: > > * we want to enable us

[matplotlib-devel] Sample data: a proposal

2010-09-12 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
A while ago there was a discussion [1] about how using the get_sample_data function in building the documentation is a problem for Debian packagers. Let me see if I understand the goals of get_sample_data correctly: * we want to enable users to run examples they find in the gallery without downl

[matplotlib-devel] Named figures support

2010-09-12 Thread Peter Butterworth
I am considering a patch to support named figures. >> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3057301&group_id=80706&atid=560723 Tracker: Feature Requests pls support named figures - ID: 3057301 instead of only: plt.figure(1) the following: plt.figure('today') would open a figure called '