Jae-Joon Lee wrote: > I guess this fancy box thing can be used with other artist objects > also, although the legend object is an only object I can think of now. > And my personal inclination is put those support code into patches.py > and have a patch class around it, i.e., a FancyBoxPatch class which is > initialized with bbox-like object and draw a fancy box around the > given bbox. And let the Text and the Legend class use this > FancyBoxPatch. In the current matplotlib, both the Text and the Legend > class uses the Patch class for drawing a bbox. So how do you think? > I like this suggestion. I can see this being generally useful. > What I also want to see in matplotlib is a fancy annotation. I have > some working code (although I'm planning some major code > reorganization) and willing to contribute it if there is an interest > (see the attached example). As you can easily guess, the fancy > annotation share some of its core with the fancy box. So if you're > also willing to include the fancy annotation things in matplotlib, > I'll put some more effort in the code reorganization so that it can > nicely fit in the current matplotlib classes. > Looking forward to it. > ps. I just wanted to mention that implementing these fancy boxes > became possible with the bezier path support in matplotlib. So my > thanks to Michael. > You're welcome. It's nice to see others picking this stuff up and running with it.
Cheers, Mike > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:45 AM, John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Jae-Joon Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks John, >>> >>> I'm afraid that I'm not quite sure what you're suggesting, and will be >>> grateful if you describe it more specifically. >>> >> Sorry Jae-Joon -- I was in a big hurry yesterday (in the financial >> industry we're a bit busy these days) and I forgot that the >> mind_reader module had not yet been committed to svn. >> >> First, I'd like to say that these boxes look really nice, and I think >> they enhance presentation charts in many contexts (eg business >> presentations) so thanks a lot for contributing them. >> >> I think the best organization is to put all of this functionality >> (including the textbox code) into text.py and have the default text >> instance support both the standard text box (Rectangle) and the >> enhanced ones you have provided. So basically, just your text.py >> patch and move all the support code into text.py. I'd also like to >> put your example file in the pylab examples directory and add it to >> examples/tests/backend_driver.py. >> >> If you can do all that and submit it as a sf patch, that would be >> great. Alternatively, if you would like to send me your sf id, I can >> add you as a developer and you can contribute it directly. >> >> Thanks again, >> JDH >> >> JDH >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-devel mailing list >> Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel >> -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
