William Stein wrote: > On 5/29/07, Jason Grout <> wrote: >> I noticed that the topic of plots in sage has come up recently in >> mailing lists. Two options that I've used that I didn't see mentioned >> anywhere are listed below. These don't have python bindings, but may be >> interesting to consider. Then again, these options may not be suitable >> for inclusion in SAGE or may have been eclipsed already by other >> software. Anyways, I throw them on the table in case no one has heard >> of them or looked at them. > > Thanks. We are looking very hard for good solutions, wherever they > may come from. >
... > >> * Asymptote (http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/) (GPL) >> Asymptote particularly might be interesting if you eventually want to do >> diagrams (2d or 3d) in SAGE. > > This Asymptote program is absolutely fascinating!! I've never heard of > it. I'm extremely excited. Thanks for making me aware of this. I really > like the sound of this "Asymptote is a powerful script-based vector > graphics language for technical drawings, inspired by MetaPost > but with an improved C++-like > syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of > typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text." Agreed. This might solve a major problem. > > >... > > -- William > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
