Re: [matplotlib-devel] Persistent Matplotlib Figures

2009-12-19 Thread Ryan May
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > Exactly.  I *strongly* oppose any move in this direction.  It would be > enabling bad workflow strategy on the part of users, providing no > benefit that cannot be achieved better with a good workflow strategy, > and adding complexity.  We have

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Persistent Matplotlib Figures

2009-12-19 Thread Eric Firing
Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > Christopher Barker writes: > >> Joey Wilson wrote: >>> I would like to be able to save the figures from >>> matplotlib in an editable form, without flattening down to an image >>> file. >> I think to do this right, you'd need to completely re-design MPL to be >> bas

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Persistent Matplotlib Figures

2009-12-19 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
Christopher Barker writes: > Joey Wilson wrote: >> I would like to be able to save the figures from >> matplotlib in an editable form, without flattening down to an image >> file. > > I think to do this right, you'd need to completely re-design MPL to be > based on a more declarative structur

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Persistent Matplotlib Figures

2009-12-17 Thread Christopher Barker
Joey Wilson wrote: > I would like to be able to save the figures from > matplotlib in an editable form, without flattening down to an image > file. > Now, I understand that resources are limited, so I would be willing to > raise some money to get this feature added to Matplotlib. I think to

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Persistent Matplotlib Figures

2009-12-17 Thread Ryan May
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Joey Wilson wrote: > Let me say why I think this feature is so essential.  Anyone who is in > research or academia knows that figures often need to be edited when a > publication comes back from peer review.  It's already happened to me many > times, and I've learn

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Persistent Matplotlib Figures

2009-12-17 Thread Anne Archibald
2009/12/16 Joey Wilson : > Does anyone know the status of development for Matplotlib persistent figure > saving?  I would like to be able to save the figures from matplotlib in an > editable form, without flattening down to an image file. The closest thing > to this right now is the SVG output, but

[matplotlib-devel] Persistent Matplotlib Figures

2009-12-17 Thread Joey Wilson
Does anyone know the status of development for Matplotlib persistent figure saving? I would like to be able to save the figures from matplotlib in an editable form, without flattening down to an image file. The closest thing to this right now is the SVG output, but a native mpl format would be bet