Re: [matplotlib-devel] draw_image()

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Chaplin <ste...@ya...> writes:

    Steve> John, I've got draw_image() displaying an image for cairo
    Steve> and gtkcairo backends and have a few questions.  - Why does
    Steve> draw_image() not have a gc argument like the other
    Steve> draw_methods?  - What is the Image class image format or
    Steve> formats(s) ? Is it an array of float32 and RGBA32?  -
    Steve> image_demo.py, image_demo2.py are working but colors are
    Steve> not same as gtkagg, Cairo supports A1, A8, RGB24 and ARGB32

I added a buffer_argb32 method to _image.cpp to return the image as a
python buffer object in ARGB32 format in CVS.  I haven't tested it
extensively, just that the following doesn't crash and burn

    from matplotlib.matlab import *

    im = imshow(rand(5,5))
    _im = im.make_image(flipy=False)
    print _im, dir(_im)
    b = _im.buffer_argb32()
    print len(b)

im is an image.AxesImage, _im is an _image.Image object from extension
code, the same thing draw_image gets.

As an aside, after you get your backend finished, you may also want to
run unit/memleak_hawaii3.py with the latest Numeric or numarray CVS to
identify any potential memory leaks.

JDH