Re: [matplotlib-devel] transform_angles

2008-11-06 Thread Michael Droettboom
David Kaplan wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 11:58 -0500, Michael Droettboom wrote: > >> What is the argument against? It seems like this would be >> straightforward (at least from the outside). But I'm probably >> missing >> something. >> > > More work for diminishing interest..

Re: [matplotlib-devel] transform_angles

2008-11-06 Thread David Kaplan
Hi, On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 13:28 -0500, Stan West wrote: > Beyond the two options of the screen coordinates and the data > coordinates as the references, I > believe it would be useful to allow other coordinate systems. If I > wanted to diagonally > watermark an entire figure with, say, "DRAFT" or

Re: [matplotlib-devel] transform_angles

2008-11-06 Thread David Kaplan
Hi, On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 11:58 -0500, Michael Droettboom wrote: > What is the argument against? It seems like this would be > straightforward (at least from the outside). But I'm probably > missing > something. More work for diminishing interest Perhaps I am incorrect, but I think this

Re: [matplotlib-devel] transform_angles

2008-11-05 Thread Stan West
> From: Michael Droettboom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:59 > > David Kaplan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Actually your question is a good one. One of the reasons I never > > finished adding an option to text objects to rotate with respect to the > > plot (is this t

Re: [matplotlib-devel] transform_angles

2008-11-05 Thread Michael Droettboom
David Kaplan wrote: > Hi, > > Actually your question is a good one. One of the reasons I never > finished adding an option to text objects to rotate with respect to the > plot (is this the correct terminology?), not the screen, is that I > wasn't sure of the best way to implement this without maki

Re: [matplotlib-devel] transform_angles

2008-11-05 Thread David Kaplan
Hi, Actually your question is a good one. One of the reasons I never finished adding an option to text objects to rotate with respect to the plot (is this the correct terminology?), not the screen, is that I wasn't sure of the best way to implement this without making it hopelessly confusing for

Re: [matplotlib-devel] transform_angles

2008-11-05 Thread Michael Droettboom
Darn clogged e-mail queue! ;) I see you've already addressed my question... Cheers, Mike David Kaplan wrote: > Hi, > > I just wanted to send a note saying that I committed an additional > method to the Transforms class that transforms angles. The basic idea > is to transform an angle at a point

[matplotlib-devel] transform_angles

2008-11-05 Thread David Kaplan
Hi, I just wanted to send a note saying that I committed an additional method to the Transforms class that transforms angles. The basic idea is to transform an angle at a point to a new angle at the corresponding point in the transformed coordinate system. The included method is generic and shou