"Nicolas Grilly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[about is_string_like]
> But in this function, I don't like the idea to try an operation on a
> string, and wait for an exception in order to know if we really have a
> string or not. It's not very efficient, nor very beautiful.
I wouldn't worry about
> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Grilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Nicolas> But in this function, I don't like the idea to try an
Nicolas> operation on a string, and wait for an exception in order
Nicolas> to know if we really have a string or not. It's not very
Nicolas> efficient, nor v
> "Andrew" == Andrew Straw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andrew> BTW, what's the "official" status of the PDF backend? Last
Andrew> I checked (a month or so ago), it seemed to work fine, has
Andrew> a couple of Python 2.4-isms, but was generally great. I
Andrew> was surprised tha
On 11/5/06, Andrew Straw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BTW, what's the "official" status of the PDF backend? Last I checked (a
> month or so ago), it seemed to work fine, has a couple of Python
> 2.4-isms, but was generally great. I was surprised that it didn't appear
> to make it onto the list of o
Hi Andrew,
Andrew Straw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not speaking with the authority of one who actually wrote the
> function or uses it, so I don't know the specific reasons, if there are
> any. However, this kind of thing is common (and encouraged) practice in
> Python. It's a use of "duck t
Hi Gaël,
Gael Varoquaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am all for a good PDF backend, but you should be aware that under
> unices you can tell matplotlib to use a distiller, as illustrated in:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00160.html
Yes, I know it's poss
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 09:27:54AM -0800, Andrew Straw wrote:
> When I get back to that manuscript (ahem), I'll probably try to bang
> the PDF backend further into shape.
That would be great for pdf generation under windows, where you can
hardly assume the user has xpdf or epstopdf installed. It h
Gael Varoquaux wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 06:07:50PM +0100, Nicolas Grilly wrote:
>
>> I'm hacking the PDF backend because I need this format to import
>> charts in ConTeXt (this is TeX macro package, similar to LaTeX, we use
>> to produce PDF reports).
>>
>
> I am all for a good PDF
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 06:07:50PM +0100, Nicolas Grilly wrote:
> I'm hacking the PDF backend because I need this format to import
> charts in ConTeXt (this is TeX macro package, similar to LaTeX, we use
> to produce PDF reports).
I am all for a good PDF backend, but you should be aware that under
