[MATRIX-SIG] [long] A NO-Proposal for a plot-package
Daniel Michelson
Daniel.Michelson@smhi.se
Tue, 22 Jul 1997 08:52:51 +0200
Hej,
I've also been monitoring the plotting discussions and can't quite grasp
why the xmgr package has not been mentioned in this context. As free
scientific plotting packages go, I find it quite complete and versatile,
although it, as all others, does have a number of limitations. I've
built a v e r y primitive interface to our Python-based weather radar
software using xmgr.
If it's worth looking into, do so at
http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Xmgr/
This having been said, I use unix and xmgr is designed for X. I can't
say if/how it could be made more universal in a way which would suit the
entire Python community. Have others already written off xmgr because of
this?
I would certainly support a NumPy- or PIL-based plotting module, for
reasons previously presented by others on this sig, if it is finally
determined that this is a wheel which would have to be reinvented in
order for it to be acceptable...
best, -d
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