> If it becomes easy to have formulas with Python then it would be used.
> That's sure. You can't say that C++ is better.
I didn't mean to say that, sorry if I gave the wrong impression. I
simply meant to say that _if_ there are certain design decisions which
can be made such that interfacing wi
> However, my primary focus will be on Cairo and Qt backends. These are
> widely used, allow for high quality output in various formats (PDF,
> PNG and SVG being the big three) and are well tested.
Ok, that sounds reasonable.
> The lack of a C++/C library should not be a major issue. Python i
Hi all,
I noticed that a Google Summer of Code project has been allocated for
extraction of the TeX rendering engine of matplotlib. Excellent!
Are there already any more concrete ideas on how this will be realised
technically, in particular how this engine will be callable from
Python programs? W
> That was to extract the math expression rendering engine out as a
> separate project. It's hairier than it sounds, because it requires
> separating out the freetype wrappers as well, and parts of all the
> backends. But this is something the Sympy and Sage folks were very
> interested in last y
Hi all,
(A bit off-topic, hope this is ok, please redirect me if this is more
appropriate on a different list).
I am interested in using the mathtext rendering functionality separate
from the plotting part of matplotlib. To be precise, I would like to
use mathtext as a replacement mathematics ren
