On Nov 29, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Ted Kosan wrote: > Jason wrote: > >> I think something like this was the goal of the work done by >> Robert with >> the 3d graph viewer in Java that is (or at least, was) included in >> Sage. >> I think JavaView was looked at before and had some licensing >> restrictions (so couldn't be included in Sage), but others more >> knowledgeable than me can give better responses. > > I wasn't thinking about using JavaView (due to its licensing issues). > I was interested in the level of excellence it was able to achieve > with the approach it took. I can't help but think that programs like > JavaView have set the benchmark for interactive mathematics graphics > capabilities so high that approaches using JavaScript in a browser are > unable to even come close to them. > > So, if the goal is to add excellent interactive GUI widget > capabilities to SAGE, why not use a technology that has been proven to > work extremely well with this type of application? :-)
That is the (lofty!) goal. Take a look at sage/plot/plot3d/* to see a start, though much remains to be done. (I am speaking in terms of emulating JavaView, not the interactive stuff, though it could eventually go there too.) - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
