Hi together, if we want to get more Veusz users and supporters in my opinion the migration from other products should be as easy as possible.
A. Therfore I would like to give a high priority to point 2. Data imports - possible formats Here I suggest to concentrate on the already mentioned formats -ODS (OpenOffice Calc) -XLS, XLSX (Excel) I also would like to add following formats to the wishlist: - Gnuplot - Matlab figures (*.fig, *.m) - SigmaPlot (*.jnb) - ParaView (*.pvd) For Gnuplot and Matlab the import plugin could do more then reading numeric data. That would require some kind of parser to translate plot commands. B. All common spreadsheet formats should not only be considered for import, but also for export. C. In other products (Excel, SigmaPlot) it is common to select several columns to to generate for example single x - many y plots. Migrating users might miss this "behaviour". Therefore the point 7. Improve data editing - spreadsheet mode to examine multiple datasets - select multiple datasets in dataset browser in combination with the wish of Johan "would like to be able to create groups for datasets" deserves some attention. D. For point "6. Improve LaTeX support" my vision would be a fully featured equation editor that does not only support Latex, but also OpenOffice Math, MathML, ect. There is a python project "MiraMath". Maybe it would be possible to embed MiraMath in Veuzs and vise versa. MiraMath is in pre-alpha state and I dont know If they are aware of the possibilities Veusz could provide for them. Here is a collection of links for "equation inspiration": - MiraMath: Python project that wants to offer a free alternative to MathCad http://miramath.newfrontierscompsoln.com - MathType: Commerical equation editor. There is a long list with common equation formats. It works with about 500 applications and web sides. http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype - MiraiMath: Java based Octave GUI with "WYSIWYG equations" http://mirai.sourceforge.net - Smath Studio: MathCad clone, written in .NET http://smath.info/wiki/MainPage.ashx - OpenOffice Math http://de.openoffice.org/product/math.html Best regards, Stefan
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