A Python take on "Programming Web Graphics with Perl and..."

[Fred L. Drake]

Stuart Hungerford writes:
 >  - Using GD for generating GIFs

  There is an extension module that provides a GD interface:

	http://starship.python.net/crew/richard/gdmodule/

 >  - PerlMagick for controlling ImageMagick

  There's PythonMagick:

	http://starship.python.net/crew/zack/pymagick/

and also the Python Imaging Library:

	http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

  I've used the later and found it fairly easy to use, but don't know
how what I did compared to creating "Web graphics."

 >  - Charts and graphs with GIFgraph

  Perhaps check with the Plot-SIG (http://www.python.org/sigs/plot-sig/)
for information on joining the mailing list and the SIG charter.

 >  - Scripting the Gimp

  There was a Python plugin for the Gimp at one point, but I never
tried it.  Presumably a search of www.gimp.org will turn it up.

 >  - Creating Postscript documents via Perl

  I think this can be done with Python.  ;-)  You could deal with it
by generating the PostScript text from your application, or you could
implement (or steal) a "writer" object that spits out PostScript.  See

	http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-formatter.html

for API information on the formatter/writer machinery.  There's a
PostScript- generating writer implementation in the Grail sources; see

	http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/grail/

to get a source tarball.


  -Fred

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