[Plplot-devel] Please try out xw09.py as a prototype for the rest of the front ends

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

I have just finished the python front end example 9 according to my plan of
taking the union of all contour example pages.  I would appreciate you
having a look at this example, because if you would like to see some changes
it is easier to change this protype now rather than changing everything
later after I have programmed the equivalent for the rest of the front ends.

For those who have not played with the python front-end to plplot, simply
copy pythondemos.py to test.py, edit that file to remove all the examples
except xw09, then

./test.py -dev psc - o test.ps; gv test.ps

For those of you who have not played with the python Numerical module yet, I
think you will be amazed at the high-level array manipulation that is
demonstrated by xw09.py and which executes at C speed.  It was high-level
array manipulation (and lack of typing hassles) that first attracted me to
yplot (yorick front end to plplot) back in 1995, but my loyalties are
rapidly switching to the python/Numerical front end.  Although I plan to use
that front end to plplot for all my future research plots, I will, of
course, continue to maintain yplot since there is still a band of ~200 loyal
users for it.

Alan

email: ir...@be...
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Dr. Alan W. Irwin
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8W 3P6
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