Re: [Jchat] wishlist item (for plot)

2022-12-05 Thread Devon McCormick
Dynamically updating a plot window, or controlling updates with a slider or something could be useful, especially for busy graphs. Take a look how this graph - https://tinyurl.com/2zts2y6u - changes if you select "Comparison" (upper left) and add "XOM" to it. On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 10:01 PM Raul M

Re: [Jchat] wishlist item (for plot)

2022-12-05 Thread Raul Miller
Yes, it's sort of like training wheels on a bicycle. Handy for the beginner, maybe, but would get in the way of other uses. That said, most of it could be achieved using the ability to update an existing plot window. I haven't tried messing with that aspect of plot, recently. I should do some expe

Re: [Jchat] wishlist item (for plot)

2022-12-05 Thread Devon McCormick
Maybe for pedagogical purposes this "slow reveal" has some value but it doesn't seem like a good idea for getting information from a graph. It does illuminate the separate parts of a graph by revealing them in pieces but this is no better than a checklist of things like "title the graph", "label t

[Jchat] wishlist item (for plot)

2022-12-05 Thread Raul Miller
The slide decks shown at https://slowrevealgraphs.com/ seem like they represent a useful approach which could be supported by our 'plot' utility. This would not be entirely trivial, but the mechanisms look to be fairly well defined and implementable. (Conceptually, perhaps the default behavior wo