[Visualpython-users] Another graphing option

[Gary P. <gp...@ri...>]

I've been experimenting with Tkinter and Pmw (Python mega widgets) to=
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provide widgets to control and modify visual apps in real time. I've=
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also played with using Blt to display real time graphs in a Tkinter=
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frame. My starting point was David Anderson's Tk-Visual.py, one of th=
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demos that comes with the standard visual distrubution.

I've got two-way communication going between visual and Tkinter, and=
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graphs running in a Tkinter frame. Get it here:

http://enigma.rider.edu/~gpajer/python.htm

We have plusses and minuses. On the plus side, we add fast graphing, =
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timing glitches on Mac OSX, the large variety of control and display=
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widgets in Tkinter and Pmw.

On the minus side we must live with a more involved set up, learning =
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use Tkinter, learning to use Blt.

It=92s not for everyone, but for those who are looking for more=20
flexibility and another graphing option: here you go.

Warning: there seems to be a Pmw.Blt bug that is preventing me from=
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turning off lines connecting data symbols. You'll see what I mean if =
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get the demo running.

Warning: Blt is a bit of a pain to install on Windows. Try following =
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instructions on my website. I wrote them from memory. When I get back=
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my Windows machine I'll check and see how good my memory was.

Good Luck,
Gary Pajer