This accidentally went off list. On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:42 PM, alex clemesha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:28 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:10 PM, alex clemesha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:58 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Timothy! > > > > > > > > I hope that people interested in 2d plotting can maybe think about > some > > > > of the things Mathematica does that Sage doesn't (listed below), and > > > whether > > > > Sage _should_ do them, and if so, what shape they should take in Sage, > > > > then respond to this thread. > > > > > > I was thinking along these lines recently, it's been a while since we > > > created the 2D plotting in Sage, and since then: > > > 1) matplotlib has continued to grow very nicely > > > > Yep, it's great. > > > > > > > 2) the Sage 2D plotting has not had that much tender-loving-care > > > > Actually you might be surprised at the amount of work done on plot.py > > and friends. > > > > > Yeah, actually it did notice that you recently put in more documentation, > which is great. > > > > > > > > 3) I personally have become a way more mature programmer and > > > when I look at some of the 2D plot code, I wish some things could be > > > taken out / redone to take more advantage of what matplotlib provides. > > > > Any chance you'll actually do anything in that direction? > I've do some looking into what new additions have been made to > matplotlib ... I hope to do more of that to get a better understanding > of how we could just plug-in already existing functionality in matplotlib > like latex-labeling the axis (just one example), which would save the > effort of hand-placing labels, etc. > > > -Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > Recent improvement in matplotlib, see here: > > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/API_CHANGES > > > makes me think things could be done better. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > It's good stuff. > > > > William > > > >
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