Tim Lahey wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:00 PM, mabshoff wrote: >> That was discussed in the "Mathematica 7" thread and the conclusion >> was that PIL (the Python image library) could do much of that >> functionality. There is no reason not to include it per default in >> Sage, but so far no one has started the process of doing so. I guess >> it the momentum kind of died due to thanksgiving. If we merge PIL we >> should also first add libjpeg to Sage and also enable gd support for >> it. There is a ticket to do so, but it has gone a little stale. But >> with a little work it can be done quickly even in time for Sage 3.2.2 >> or 3.3. > > I know much of the manipulation could be done via PIL, but I > was thinking about the image as function parameter directly in the > notebook functionality. On a lower level, this would be translated into > a matrix the command takes, but on the Notebook level, this would mean > displaying the image as part of the command and supporting input of > the image (hopefully by drag and drop).
Tim, I agree with you that we could (and should?) do a lot to support graphics as an integral part of calculations. I've spent some time thinking about it. If we used TinyMCE or some other editor, I suppose we could have images in the input code. See http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/examples/full.php (click on the image button at the bottom right of the toolbar to insert an image). TinyMCE might be too much of a heavy-weight solution, but we could figure out how they did it and do it ourselves. Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@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-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
