Re: [matplotlib-devel] postscript backend: draw_markers

2007-10-19 Thread Manuel Metz
Darren Dale wrote: > On Friday 19 October 2007 10:20:43 am John Hunter wrote: >> On 10/19/07, Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I don't remember how to find the answer. It looks like scatter() creates >>> polygons, while plot() uses draw_markers: >> I see -- scatter uses collections, and

Re: [matplotlib-devel] postscript backend: draw_markers

2007-10-19 Thread Darren Dale
On Friday 19 October 2007 10:20:43 am John Hunter wrote: > On 10/19/07, Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't remember how to find the answer. It looks like scatter() creates > > polygons, while plot() uses draw_markers: > > I see -- scatter uses collections, and the defaut Renderer im

Re: [matplotlib-devel] postscript backend: draw_markers

2007-10-19 Thread John Hunter
On 10/19/07, Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't remember how to find the answer. It looks like scatter() creates > polygons, while plot() uses draw_markers: I see -- scatter uses collections, and the defaut Renderer implements PolygonCollection drawing through draw_polygon. This is

Re: [matplotlib-devel] postscript backend: draw_markers

2007-10-19 Thread Darren Dale
On Friday 19 October 2007 09:21:45 am John Hunter wrote: > On 10/19/07, Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A while back I put in quite a bit of effort into enabling draw_markers in > > the postscript backend. This is an efficient RendererPS function both in > > terms of speed and file size,

Re: [matplotlib-devel] postscript backend: draw_markers

2007-10-19 Thread John Hunter
On 10/19/07, Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A while back I put in quite a bit of effort into enabling draw_markers in the > postscript backend. This is an efficient RendererPS function both in terms of > speed and file size, but it seems to not be used any more in favor of the > less eff

[matplotlib-devel] postscript backend: draw_markers

2007-10-19 Thread Darren Dale
A while back I put in quite a bit of effort into enabling draw_markers in the postscript backend. This is an efficient RendererPS function both in terms of speed and file size, but it seems to not be used any more in favor of the less efficient draw_polygon. Does anyone know why? Darren --