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