[Plplot-devel] RGBA background images

2016-02-06 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2016-02-06 10:09- Phil Rosenberg wrote: > Hi Greg > Sorry I haven't replied earlier. Jim may have to confirm this. But it sounds like what you are aiming to do isn't really supported by Plplot. Basically it sounds like you are trying to add your own graphics commands (i.e. Draw the

[Plplot-devel] Uniformly coloured semitransparent backgrounds

2016-02-06 Thread Alan W. Irwin
Hi Phil: Part of the overall goal of getting RGBA background images to work is to get the "A" (alpha channel) component of that to work properly, and so a preliminary goal should be to implement uniformly colored semitransparent backgrounds correctly. Some current semitransparent background

Re: [Plplot-devel] plP_bop() was killing functionality in wingcc

2016-02-06 Thread Greg Jung
Hi guys, Yes its clear now the rgb pic doesn't really fit into the plplot scheme and how it gets up is a device-dependent thing. In the xwin case the bitmap is accessed through the xlib calls; the win case created a separate bitmap. It does benefit from the absence of the plP_bop() call, so it

[Plplot-devel] Am I using eop() or abusing it?

2016-02-06 Thread Greg Jung
GDL has had a problem in its use of the wingcc driver in that, plotting additions to a basic PLOT call do not stick to the plot when it is moved or resized. I've found that when I stick another eop() call after each of these plot calls, the problem is "solved" for this driver

[Plplot-devel] CMake minimum version has just been bumped

2016-02-06 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2015-12-10 11:17-0800 Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2015-12-10 10:54- Phil Rosenberg wrote: > >> Hi Alan >> This is just a note about cmake version bumping. You have been >> increasing the required CMake version lately, which I generally have >> no problem with, however CMake 3.4.1 seems to

Re: [Plplot-devel] CMake minimum version has just been bumped

2016-02-06 Thread Greg Jung
I'd like to make a pitch for maintaining a lower general cmake minimum until more compelling bug fixes or features are introduced. I have over 6 platforms standardized on cmake 3.3.2. Maybe the new version requirement should be restricted to those platforms where they are needed? And an update

Re: [Plplot-devel] plP_bop() was killing functionality in wingcc

2016-02-06 Thread Jim Dishaw
> On Feb 6, 2016, at 5:09 AM, Phil Rosenberg wrote: > > Hi Greg > Sorry I haven't replied earlier. Jim may have to confirm this. But it sounds > like what you are aiming to do isn't really supported by Plplot. Basically it > sounds like you are trying to add your own