Re: [Matplotlib-users] Efficient matplotlib use on iOS and Android apps

2015-07-10 Thread Benjamin Root
The way matplotlib does its MathText rendering is 1) incomplete (we don't support all of MathTex), and 2) has *massive* overhead (relatively speaking). Matplotlib is intended for producing figures with many disparate components. The amount of code it takes to just generate a simple plot is fairly s

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Efficient matplotlib use on iOS and Android apps

2015-07-10 Thread asiga
Why do you suggest MathJax? I assume Javascript will be less efficient than Python. Moreover, I'm not sure I can get the MathJax output as polygonal primitives that I can send to OpenGL. And, to complicate things, you cannot use JIT Javascript engines on iOS such as V8, due to sandboxing. In fact,

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Efficient matplotlib use on iOS and Android apps

2015-07-09 Thread Benjamin Root
why not use MathJax? On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:03 AM, asiga wrote: > Hi, > > I need to render LaTeX math formulas on mobile apps (iOS/Android), with > high > quality, and as efficiently as possible. > > I'm considering matplotlib as the best candidate at the moment. Maybe it > might be a bit over

[Matplotlib-users] Efficient matplotlib use on iOS and Android apps

2015-07-09 Thread asiga
Hi, I need to render LaTeX math formulas on mobile apps (iOS/Android), with high quality, and as efficiently as possible. I'm considering matplotlib as the best candidate at the moment. Maybe it might be a bit overkill because I don't need plotting, just math formulas rendering, but it has a "cop