[MATRIX-SIG] [long] A NO-Proposal for a plot-package

[Daniel Michelson]

Hej,

I've also been monitoring the plotting discussions and can't quite grasp
why the xmgr package has not been mentioned in this context. As free
scientific plotting packages go, I find it quite complete and versatile,
although it, as all others, does have a number of limitations. I've
built a v e r y primitive interface to our Python-based weather radar
software using xmgr.

If it's worth looking into, do so at
http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Xmgr/

This having been said, I use unix and xmgr is designed for X. I can't
say if/how it could be made more universal in a way which would suit the
entire Python community. Have others already written off xmgr because of
this?

I would certainly support a NumPy- or PIL-based plotting module, for
reasons previously presented by others on this sig, if it is finally
determined that this is a wheel which would have to be reinvented in
order for it to be acceptable...

best, -d

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