Re: [matplotlib-devel] Matplotlib-devel Digest, Vol 29, Issue 19

2008-10-20 Thread John Hunter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Christopher Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben North wrote: > >> I tend to use matplotlib over an X connection, Yep, we know this reason. Lee stated he was on a windows box, which doesn't rule out X11 forwarding but makes it less likely, so I was wondering i

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Matplotlib-devel Digest, Vol 29, Issue 19

2008-10-20 Thread Christopher Barker
Ben North wrote: > I tend to use matplotlib over an X connection, well, I think that is THE reason to choose wx over wxAgg (or GTK over GTKAgg). However, I thought the newer versions of the wx back-end double buffered, and thus pretty much eliminated the advantage anyway. Also note that last I

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Matplotlib-devel Digest, Vol 29, Issue 19

2008-10-20 Thread Ben North
Hope nobody minds if I jump into this discussion: > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:55:06 -0500 > From: "John Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] could you tell us why you prefer or require backend wx over wxagg? I tend to use matplotlib over an X connection, because the data I'm working with is on a