Re: [Gnuplot-info] swf terminal

[Tai V. <ta...@ea...>]

On 19-Feb-09, at 4:39 AM, Tomas Ledvinka wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Franco Bagnoli
> <fra...@gm...> wrote:
>> I would like to develop a web interface to a program, and I need to
>> generate animations on the fly, using gnuplot.
>>
>> One possibility is to use animated gifs, but I think that a flash
>> (swf) format would be much better. Other possibilities?
>>
>> Do you know if someone has developed an swf terminal for gnuplot? Or:
>> is there anybody interested in it?
>
> Hi,
>
> I am also interested in swf terminal and found just one workaround:
>
>     http://www.swftools.org/png2swf.html
>
> Unfortunately, this simple tool does not provide swf with toolbar for
> pausing the playback, changing direction and speed etc., which could
> be useful for e.g. physics education animations.

I think you need an authoring package for SWF animations if you want  
to create proper animations with controls like that. But I am not a  
SWF developer so I could be wrong.

One problem with png2swf is that PNGs are bitmaps and SWF graphics  
are vector. So you might have better luck with SVG, a vector graphic  
standard. A tool or two exists for this (SVG to SWF) purpose  
(assuming SVGs don't directly serve you needs), with one example at

	http://gtrebaol.free.fr/doc/svgopen/2008/index.html

I've found the SVG terminal for Gnuplot is very impressive, and much  
better for web use than PS or PDF.

Regards,
tai


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