Re: [Matplotlib-users] mpl command-line utilities

[Phil E. <pel...@gm...>]

I can certainly see the benefit. As Mike said, I don't think I would use it
myself, but I could see non-python users finding it useful.

Personally, I think this would be a nice extension that doesn't have to
live in the core matplotlib code base. That way release cycles and testing
can be done completely independently without complicating the matplotlib
repo.

Nice idea.

Phil




On 17 October 2012 16:20, Daπid <dav...@gm...> wrote:

> I also think that would be useful. It would, for example, allow to
> generate "preview" plots from other languages, without interfacing
> them to Python. It must be said that MPL is actually quite nice
> looking in the default settings for basic plotting, and this is an
> nice feature that can exploit.
>
> I have seen many pieces of code using SuperMongo for plotting. I find
> it absolutely ugly, and super expensive, but it is probably the easier
> plotting system to call from FORTRAN (or, at least, it was).
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...>
> wrote:
> > I think this could be very useful -- and might help increase the user
> > base beyond the Python community.  As I, and most of us on this list,
> > are quite comfortable with Python, I don't think I'd use it myself, but
> > I certainly see the utility of it.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On 10/17/2012 06:38 AM, Damon McDougall wrote:
> >> All,
> >>
> >> I was brain-storming yesterday and I wanted to test the waters to see
> >> if people would find it useful.
> >>
> >> Currently, GNU plotutils comes with command-line utilities such as
> >> `graph` to create quick and dirty line plots like this:
> >> http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/DWT-Examples.html. I
> >> think even gnuplot might be similar.
> >>
> >> How do people feel about perhaps adding a matplotlib version, mocking
> >> the same calling signature as graph?
> >>
> >> I think the most important question is: would it be useful?
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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