On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Fabio D'Alfonso < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > I think that the support for output to images is relevant, mainly for > research and paper production, but to the appeal for new users the on > screen capabilities matter much more. > That is because it is that 'natural' output device in an interactive > analysis of data. Printed versions will be the finalized output, intended > for print. > > I think that the support from pgplot and plplot is quite good, considering > the value of a picture based on the the value of data represented, as in in > general in Science. In a common usage, or before "the discovery" the > ability to get ready and with a friendly startup can make some difference. > I actually do not know the story of grwnd.exe. It is relevant that it > allows pgplot working on windows. I was just thinking that a boundary as > the graphic output could benefit from a more rock solid component, being > what the user first sees. > At a mixed linux/windows user could show as a patch. > Actually, adding to PDL's visualization libraries is a major target for 2.4.11. I will be adding my work on Prima (which is highly interactive) and Craig and Dima will add their work with GnuPlot, which is very powerful and flexible. > > > Fabio D'Alfonso > 'Enabling Business Through IT' > cell. +39.348.059.40.22 *** > web: www.fabiodalfonso.com > email: [email protected] > linkedin: > www.linkedin.com/in/fabiodalfonso<http://it.linkedin.com/in/fabiodalfonso> > twitter: > www.twitter.com/#!/fabio_dalfonso<http://www.twitter.com/#%21/fabio_dalfonso> > > fax: +39.06.874.599.581 > BlackBerry® Wireless Enabled Address. > ** Hidden numbers are automatically rejected by the phone* > > On 1/16/2012 1:46 PM, Sisyphus wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fabio D'Alfonso" > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > To: "Sisyphus" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 8:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Perldl] PLPlot on Windows/XMing - PLPLOT_LIB Solved > > > Hi, > solved, that was the PLPLOT_LIB to be set. > > > Phew !! > The need to set PLPLOT_LIB is documented ... but very easy to miss :-) > > Thanks > > > No problem. > > I personally don't use either PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT or > PDL::Graphics::PLplot but, despite the appearance of the unwelcome pop-up > box, I was struck by the simplicity of: > > ###################### > use warnings; > use PDL; > use PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT; > > $a = rfits("m51.fits"); > dev($^O =~ /MSWin32/ ? '/GW' : '/XSERVE'); > imag $a; > ###################### > > Can the same be displayed in the plplot graphics window ? .... that is, > with a script of comparable simplicity ? > > Personally, for that particular script (and using PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT), > I think I would replace > > dev($^O =~ /MSWin32/ ? '/GW' : '/XSERVE'); > with > dev($^O =~ /MSWin32/ ? '/PNG' : '/XSERVE'); > > and then view the resultant png file. (No pop-ups at all.) > > Fabio, as far as I can tell, there's no easy way of avoiding that pop-up > on Windows whenever a script that uses the grwnd.exe exits. > The best I could do is provide a grwnd.exe whose pop-up provides an option > for "closing"/"not closing" the grwnd.exe window. (I think that such a > grwnd.exe exists, though I haven't located it yet.) > The grwnd.exe that's currently provided by the 32-bit PGPLOT ppm package > can only "close" the window ... the "do not close" option is missing :-( > > Cheers, > Rob > > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl > > David -- Sent via my carrier pigeon.
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