Re: [Matplotlib-users] Scientific visualisation techniques

[David.Goldsmith <Dav...@no...>]

You say you tried wx but don't mention wxmpl explicitly - did you try 
wxmpl (http://agni.phys.iit.edu/~kmcivor/wxmpl/)?

DG



adamski246 wrote:
> I am part of a team trying to create interactive GUI scientific
> visualisations and would like some advice regarding the best way to proceed. 
>
> We are trying to output mathematical functions (Fourier transforms, ray
> tracing etc.) in graphical form and have been very impressed with the ease
> Matplotlib can do this. However, all attempts to control or modify input to
> Matplotlib from a GUI (Tkinter, Wx, Jython, PyGTK etc.) have proved
> fruitless due to seeming incompatibility between these modules, particularly
> when one distributes any finished product to another platform.
>
> I am an experienced Java programmer who needs the portability and free
> technologies provided by Java (or Python) to distribute our applications and
> would like to know of the best way to mesh Matplotlib to a GUI creating
> system. We have experimented with the GUI creation possibilities of
> Matplotlib itself but these are inadequate for our needs.
>
> Does anyone know of (or has examples of) Matplotlib applications controlled
> by a GUI or must I return to my Java roots where I can easily solve all GUI
> problems but do not have access to a powerful maths library such as
> Matplotlib.
>
> Thanks
> adam 
>