Plotting modules

srijit at yahoo.com srijit at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 28 06:05:09 EST 2004


Hello David,
You may try matplotlib, dislin and wxpyplot. I guess matplotlib +
wxpython should suffice. Check it out!

Regards,
Srijit

DG <david.grant-NOSPAM at telus.net> wrote in message news:<c1m6vd$sij$2 at rumours.uwaterloo.ca>...
> I'm interesting in finding the ultimate cross-platform python plotting 
> module.  So far I've used scipy.gplt and biggles which both have 
> disadvantages.  There is no python 2.3 binary package for biggles in 
> windows, and scipy.gplt doesn't seem to work with MacMillan's installer 
> in Windows.  I haven't tried py2exe yet.
> 
> I need a plotting program this is:
> -Cross platform (linux and windows) and can build into binary form, or 
> easy to install form on linux and windows.
> -Hopefully still maintained (unlike biggles)
> -Easy to use (like scipy.gplt)
> 
> I wasn't that impressing with the Gnuplot python module, and I haven't 
> tried scipy.plt or chaco yet.
> 
> Alternatively, if someone can tell me some way that I can package my 
> code so that others in Windows can run it.  I just don't want other 
> people to have to download python, Numeric, scipy, and biggles, for 
> example, just to get my code to run.  But if I could easily package all 
> that stuff into one, that would be fine, although the installer would be 
> huge.
> 
> David



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