On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 11:26:23AM +1100, Tim Docker wrote: > On 04/03/13 07:22, Arnaud Bailly wrote: > >Then I managed to install splot and timeplot. I then tried to use > >Chart to draw a simple chart, following > >http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/Chart/0.16/doc/html/Graphics-Rendering-Chart-Simple.html > >and it hang forever with a CPU at 100%. > > As the author of the Chart library, I'm sorry to say "I don't know". > Chart is developed under linux, and I do occasional testing under > osx, but I don't use windows at all. Chart is a pure haskell library > sitting over cairo, so it is most likely a cairo problem rather than > a chart one, but I realise this doesn't help you. > > Do the examples that come with the haskell binding to cairo work for you? > > Windows and gtk continues to be problematic for many users. I'd love > to see an alternative backend for the chart library, but I would need > a graphics API that installs easily under windows, osx and linux, and > provides good access to fonts and font metrics. Any suggestions?
Good access to fonts and font metrics is the kicker. Otherwise I'd say to switch to using diagrams as a backend, hence getting a whole bunch of actual backends for free. I would love to see development of some good Haskell font packages -- maybe it would even make a good GSoC project? Unfortunately I don't know enough about it to even know what would be involved, or how much work it would be. -Brent _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
