[matplotlib-devel] TextCollection

2008-12-10 Thread Ryan May
Hi, I was going to try to start working on a TextCollection class (finally!), and I thought it might be good to discuss some of it here before I get too far along. Motivations: *Speed up and simplify drawing of multiple text objects with common properties by reusing a single graphics c

Re: [matplotlib-devel] TextCollection

2008-07-22 Thread Eric Bruning
On Jul 22, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Ryan May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Hunter wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Ryan May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Has anyone ever thought about creating a TextCollection class? The >>> purpose would be similar to the other collections

Re: [matplotlib-devel] TextCollection

2008-07-22 Thread Ryan May
John Hunter wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Ryan May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Has anyone ever thought about creating a TextCollection class? The >> purpose would be similar to the other collections, to group a bunch of >> text objects with similar properties. This probab

Re: [matplotlib-devel] TextCollection

2008-07-22 Thread John Hunter
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Ryan May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone ever thought about creating a TextCollection class? The > purpose would be similar to the other collections, to group a bunch of > text objects with similar properties. This probably couldn't inherit > from

[matplotlib-devel] TextCollection

2008-07-21 Thread Ryan May
Hi, Has anyone ever thought about creating a TextCollection class? The purpose would be similar to the other collections, to group a bunch of text objects with similar properties. This probably couldn't inherit from Collection as of now though, since Collection assumes things like edgecolor