Yes, it's sort of like training wheels on a bicycle. Handy for the beginner, maybe, but would get in the way of other uses.
That said, most of it could be achieved using the ability to update an existing plot window. I haven't tried messing with that aspect of plot, recently. I should do some experiments before saying anything further. Thanks, -- Raul On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 9:28 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe for pedagogical purposes this "slow reveal" has some value but it > doesn't seem like a good idea for getting information from a graph. It > does illuminate the separate parts of a graph by revealing them in pieces > but this is no better than a checklist of things like "title the graph", > "label the axes", and so on. > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 11:53 AM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The slide decks shown at https://slowrevealgraphs.com/ seem like they > > represent a useful approach which could be supported by our 'plot' > > utility. > > > > This would not be entirely trivial, but the mechanisms look to be > > fairly well defined and implementable. > > > > (Conceptually, perhaps the default behavior would be a relatively > > quick timed reveal, with menu/keyboard controls to restart and > > progress through the steps manually.) > > > > That said... wish list item. I've plenty of other things to keep me > > busy, for now at least. > > > > FYI, > > > > -- > > Raul > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > -- > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > Quantitative Consultant > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
