Hi,
I would reconsider the introductory examples based on M51. Honestly
I did not ever know the existence of a fits format and at first
glance I thought that rfits was a fitting function.
So probably this galaxy is probably a bit confusing to introduce the
subject.
I would suggest to rethink some other aspect of the introduction.
For example I would point at what piddles are instead than what they
are not.
Piddles are NOT Perl `arrays'
"It is now time to answer a question which has probably been nagging
at the back of your mind for a while. ..."
This kind of presentation creates a comparison which is not
necessary, and it sounds as "hashes are not arrays", but no one
thinks that at first. It is such an invitation to make the mistake.
On 1/16/2012 5:50 PM, chm wrote:
On
1/16/2012 11:10 AM, Fabio D'Alfonso wrote:
...snip...
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.
Hi Fabio-
I'm glad you have been able to get PLplot and
PGPLOT working for you. Improving the baseline
graphics for PDL has been an on-going project.
In fact, the PDL-2.4.11 release is already
planned for this Spring to include new graphics
modules for PDL (interactive and for publications).
Another planned improvement is development of a
generic OpenGL device driver that could work
with either PGPLOT or PLplot and probably others.
If you are interested in contributing to PDL,
here are a number of quick start ideas:
(1) Documentation and installation instructions
feedback. We're working to make PDL as 1-click
as possible but we need feedback from new users
on where things are unclear, what works, what
doesn't...
(2) As you use PDL, if the online documentation is
not clear, correct, or complete, please give us
fixed POD or let us know. PDL is a substantial
set of modules and we don't have time to develop
and review all the docs on an on-going basis.
We fix things as we come across them but, as
with everything, it takes time.
(3) Web site feedback. If something is not clear,
please let us know so we can do some cleanup
before the PDL-2.4.10 release at the end of
this month.
Cheers,
Chris
|
_______________________________________________
Perldl mailing list
[email protected]
http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
