[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Data analysis package question
Geoffrey Furnish
furnish@laura.llnl.gov
Thu, 31 Oct 1996 19:43:45 -0800
Phil Austin writes:
> >>>>> "GF" == Geoffrey Furnish <furnish@laura.llnl.gov> writes:
> GF> The PLplot module supports output to a Tk graphics widget
> GF> (among a multitude of other output drivers), which can be
> GF> trivially integrated into Python/Tk, and we have that in
> GF> operation here at LLNL now. There is also the beginnings of a
> GF> Python/Tk "megawidget" for the plframe graphics widget, which
> GF> provides a variety of conveniences for scientific plotting,
> GF> including saving to a any of a variety of supported graphics
> GF> formats (including postscript and ppm), as well as
> GF> manipulation of the plot orientation, printing the currently
> GF> visible view. etc. There is also a binding available for
> GF> zoom support, and "zoom frame list walking", with panning.
>
>
> This is great news. One of my own projects will be positioning Python
> as a Matlab replacement for the 7000 undergrads in our faculty of
> science. Being able to do graphics under Windows95 is a major
> prerequisite for this.
I will have to back pedal a little. The Tk plframe widget currently
uses the X11 drawing widget, which is not available on
other-than-unix. There has, however, been a patch submitted for a
driver implemented only in terms of Tk library features, which is
cross platform. This widget has not been fully integrated into PLplot
yet, however, and although I can say "it will happen", I cannot be
precise about timing.
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Geoffrey Furnish email: furnish@llnl.gov
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