This looks really nice. In combination with package precompilation on 0.4 this looks like it addresses the biggest issues I ever had with Gadfly.
On Monday, September 14, 2015 at 9:02:13 AM UTC-7, Christof Stocker wrote: > > +100 > i don't even know what to say. This is so awesome. It's exactly what I > wished for with gadfly > > On 2015-09-14 17:14, Tim Holy wrote: > > I'm pleased to announce the availability of the Immerse package: > > https://github.com/JuliaGraphics/Immerse.jl > > > > Immerse is designed to add a new layer of interactivity to Gadfly plots. > > > > I've also posted two tutorial videos: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urM4SY92QTI > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ic5vj9hD-w > > > > The second video in particular has "the fun stuff," and shows some > features > > I've long wished for in Julia: really good ways to go backwards from > plotted > > objects to the data underlying each object, so that one can figure out > what's > > going on in a complex, multidimensional data set. > > > > It probably goes without saying, but Immerse is so new that you should > expect > > a certain amount of API churn as it evolves. In particular, I've already > > changed one of the `hit` callback arguments since I filmed that second > video > > this morning :-). However, I personally find that it's already quite > functional > > and darned handy; I encourage you to start making use of it and see > whether it > > makes a difference in your work. > > > > Despite my attempts to upload these videos to the JuliaLanguage youtube > > channel, these seem to be going to my personal channel (which I didn't > even > > have, before now...). If anyone has any tips about how to transfer them, > I'd > > be grateful. > > > > Best, > > --Tim > > > >
