Harald Schilly wrote: > Maybe interesting to know where R is going or for others implementing > similar ideas: Plotting on a canvas element, that's pure javascript > with "drawing" commands instead of transferring images. On top of that > it might be possible to implement browser-side-only zooming. > > Harald
Indeed! I suggested this to matplotlib for a Google SOC application (an html5/canvas backend); I don't know if anyone has applied. At least one person said they could be a mentor for a project like this. If only I were a student! Jason > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jeffrey Horner <jeff.hor...@vanderbilt.edu> > Date: Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 15:46 > Subject: [R-pkgs] New R graphics package targeting HTML 5 canvas element > To: r-packa...@r-project.org > > > Hi, > > canvas is a new R package implementing a graphics device that emits > javascript code conforming to the HTML 5 CanvasRenderingContext2D > interface. Available on CRAN soon, but you can get it here > immediately: > > http://www.rforge.net/canvas > > If you have access to a beta web browser like Firefox 3.1 or later, > you can see example plots here: > > http://www.rforge.net/canvas/plots/index.html > > Clicking on one of the plots will take you to a comparator page where > the plot is rendered twice, once with the canvas package and once with > the png(type='cairo') function. > > The implementation is almost complete, however there are some parts > that need work like font metrics and dotted/dashed lines. If anyone is > interested in helping flesh out the remaining bits, I'd be much > obliged. > > Best, > > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > R-packages mailing list > r-packa...@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-packages > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
