Python and generating images for web

[William Park]

On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 10:53:16PM -0500, Alexander Stepanov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I am a newcomer to web programming and python.  I need to create a
> small web application to make some charts based on user's data input.
> 
> Is it possible to generate gif or png images on a fly using Python?
> 
> I will appreciate if you point me out accessible chart/plot  modules
> and libraries as well as documentation and working sites.    Any
> additional information is strongly welcome.
> 
> (I am in a process of comparison Perl and Python to solve this
> problem.  I plan to use the application under WindowsNT4.0 environment
> + Perl? or Python interp-r).
> 
> Sincerely,  Alexander email: a_stepanov at yahoo.com

I don't know about others, but I use 
    1. Python script to generate data plot in PiCTeX format
    2. TeX and 'dvips -E' to produce EPS file
    3. ImageMagick 'convert' to convert to GIF file
All the steps can be called from Python script, although I usually do
them manually.

	Yours truly,
	William Park