I haven't had time to seriously consider Alan's suggestions for the Ada API but in any event I don't think they are something that I can knock out quickly. Sorry for not responding sooner. More later....
An extremely small nit--Ada is not spelled with all caps--it is a person's name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace). Some Ada users are a little picky about that. I guess maybe I'm one, since I bothered to mention it 8^). Jerry On Mar 26, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2007-03-26 12:25-0600 Orion Poplawski wrote: > >> Hazen Babcock wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> PLplot 5.7.3 is now available at SourceForge. Highlights include >>> updated documentation of the API, wxWidgets application bindings, >>> ADA >>> language bindings, the return of the LaTeX driver and two new >>> functions for drawing text on 3D plots. >> >> Looks like only test_ada.sh is installed when ENABLE_ada is ON. > > This Ada stuff is experimental with an API that is likely to change > so I am > trying deliberately to restrict it just to the build tree. Thus, > it was an > oversight to install test_ada.sh in isolation when ENABLE_ada is ON. > However, I don't think this will make a practical difference for > most users > since ENABLE_ada is OFF by default (and should remain OFF unless > you want to > experiment with ADA). The Ada goals I have identified so far are > to sort > out the Ada API questions with Jerry, create a full set of Ada > examples that > work well in the build tree, then implement Ada properly in the > install > tree. I hope all of these goals will be realized by the next > release, but > everything else Ada related is on hold until the API issues are > sorted out. > > Alan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
