Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-03-03 Thread Eric Bruning
> One of the mpl backends is svg; can you use something like Inkscape to > make the plot adjustments you are talking about? > > Eric [F] I'll second this recommendation - indeed, it's my default workflow (except that I use Illustrator). By definition, vector image formats contain all the data need

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-03-03 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > > > Would i be right in assuming that it would take roughly the same amount > of effort as writing a new backend? ie for each motplotlib action it would > need a function to store that action and a function to call that action > again. > > It i

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-03-03 Thread Ryan May
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Gael Varoquaux < gael.varoqu...@normalesup.org> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 01:49:38PM -0600, Ryan May wrote: > >Other than the automatic regeneration from latex, what you want sounds > >like what we already have: small python scripts. > > >In gener

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-03-02 Thread Gael Varoquaux
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 01:49:38PM -0600, Ryan May wrote: >Other than the automatic regeneration from latex, what you want sounds >like what we already have: small python scripts. >In general, I'm completely amazed by how many people want to develop a new >markup/script language to

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-03-02 Thread Ryan May
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 8:17 AM, sam tygier wrote: > Eric Firing wrote: > > Sandro Tosi wrote: > >> Hi Sam, > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:35, sam tygier > wrote: > >>> I think this topic has come up before, but i don't think anything has > >>> resulted from it. > >>> > > Correct, because t

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-03-01 Thread Eric Firing
sam tygier wrote: > Eric Firing wrote: >> Sandro Tosi wrote: >>> Hi Sam, >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:35, sam tygier wrote: I think this topic has come up before, but i don't think anything has resulted from it. >> Correct, because the capability would require a *lot* of work

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-03-01 Thread sam tygier
Eric Firing wrote: > Sandro Tosi wrote: >> Hi Sam, >> >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:35, sam tygier wrote: >>> I think this topic has come up before, but i don't think anything has >>> resulted from it. >>> > Correct, because the capability would require a *lot* of work to > implement, Would i be

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-02-28 Thread Andrew Straw
Eric Firing wrote: > Sandro Tosi wrote: >> Hi Sam, >> >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:35, sam tygier wrote: >>> I think this topic has come up before, but i don't think anything has >>> resulted from it. >>> > Correct, because the capability would require a *lot* of work to > implement, and most of

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-02-28 Thread Eric Firing
Sandro Tosi wrote: > Hi Sam, > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:35, sam tygier wrote: >> I think this topic has come up before, but i don't think anything has >> resulted from it. >> Correct, because the capability would require a *lot* of work to implement, and most of us don't see a compelling nee

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-02-28 Thread Sandro Tosi
Hi Sam, On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:35, sam tygier wrote: > I think this topic has come up before, but i don't think anything has > resulted from it. > > I'd like a way for saving a plot from from matplotlib, so that it can be > re-rendered later, possibly with a different backend, maybe to a diff

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-02-26 Thread João Luís Silva
sam tygier wrote: > > That is one method that i have used, but i don't think it is ideal. My data > can be a wide range of things, > sometimes the coordinates of a bunch of many particles, sometimes the track > of one. If I save just an array > of numbers it can get a bit confusing. So it would

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-02-25 Thread sam tygier
Troels Kofoed Jacobsen wrote: > On Wednesday 25 February 2009 09:35:07 am sam tygier wrote: >> I think this topic has come up before, but i don't think anything has >> resulted from it. >> >> I'd like a way for saving a plot from from matplotlib, so that it can be >> re-rendered later, possibly wit

Re: [matplotlib-devel] File format for plots

2009-02-25 Thread Troels Kofoed Jacobsen
On Wednesday 25 February 2009 09:35:07 am sam tygier wrote: > I think this topic has come up before, but i don't think anything has > resulted from it. > > I'd like a way for saving a plot from from matplotlib, so that it can be > re-rendered later, possibly with a different backend, maybe to a dif