Python Graphing Utilities.

[Kenneth Miller]

Beleive i'm going to try out PyX.

"Fernando Perez" <fperez.net at gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Bill Mill wrote:
>
> > On 5/10/05, Kenneth Miller <ken.miller at entouch.net> wrote:
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >>     I am new to Python and i was wondering what graphing utlities would
be
> >> available to me. I have already tried BLT and after weeks of
unsuccesful
> >> installs i'd like to find something else. Anything someone would
recommend?
> >
> > matplotlib is awesome:
> >
> > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > and gnuplot.py is passable:
> >
> > http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > (a better version of gnuplot.py is available with the excellent
> > ipython interpreter at http://ipython.scipy.org/)
>
> Just to clarify: with ipython, you still need the default gnuplot-py
package,
> it's just that ipython enhances it a bit.
>
> And I'd also second the matplotlib suggestion, to which I've by now fully
> switched after years of faithful gnuplot usage.  Matplotlib is very good,
has
> an active development community, and it is designed from the ground up not
> only as a library for rendering plots to screen/disk, but also for
embedding
> into guis (with support for Tk, WX, GTK, QT and FLTK).  So it should
satisfy
> the OP's  needs well, and if he has any problems with it, feel free to
stop by
> the user list which is fairly active.
>
> As a disclaimer, while I've added support in ipython for interactive
matplotlib
> usage with most backends (except FLTK), I'm not a full-time developer.  So
I
> feel it's OK to cheer JDH's and all the rest of the team's excellent work
on
> matplotlib.
>
> Best,
>
> f
>