Re: [matplotlib-devel] SVG backend

[Andrew S. <str...@as...>]

On May 27, 2004, at 10:31 AM, John Hunter wrote:
> Another thing that might be useful for SVG is to add grouping
> elements.  Eg, in axes.draw we could add
>
> def draw(...)
>
>   renderer.begin_group('axes')
>   ..plot a bunch of stuff
>   renderer.end_group('axes')

Not that I have any clue how it's implemented, but Adobe Illustrator 
somehow does this in (E)PS, and PDF formats.  It would be so cool if 
matplotlib achieved this, too.

But, as matplotlib gets better and better, that becomes less and less 
necessary.

Cheers!
Andrew