Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread josef . pktd
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM, John Hunter wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > >>> It would be nice to have a social interface for the mpl gallery like the >>> one similar to the R-gallery >>> [http://www.r-bloggers.com/the-r-graph-gallery-goes-social/] >> >> I think

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread John Hunter
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Eric Firing wrote: >> It would be nice to have a social interface for the mpl gallery like the >> one similar to the R-gallery >> [http://www.r-bloggers.com/the-r-graph-gallery-goes-social/] > > I think that the priority should go towards massive pruning, > organi

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Eric Firing
On 10/13/2011 12:22 PM, Gökhan Sever wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Benjamin Root > wrote: > > Myself and other developers would greatly appreciate help from the > community to point out which examples are too confusing or out of > date. We > > >

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Skipper Seabold
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Gökhan Sever wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Benjamin Root wrote: >> >> Myself and other developers would greatly appreciate help from the >> community to point out which examples are too confusing or out of date. We > > It would be nice to have a so

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Gökhan Sever
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Benjamin Root wrote: > Myself and other developers would greatly appreciate help from the > community to point out which examples are too confusing or out of date. We > It would be nice to have a social interface for the mpl gallery like the one similar to the R-

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Benjamin Root
On Thursday, October 13, 2011, John Salvatier wrote: > Thank you John, those are looking useful. > I have been working to improve the docs. One of the frustrating things about the docs is the information overload in some places and the lack of information elsewhere. Further, the rigidity of the

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Gökhan Sever
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Gökhan Sever wrote: > > I think, IPython is great for interaction with the OO interface of the > matlab. Just starting simple with: > > fig=plt.figure() > ax=plt.gca() > and keep tabbing ax., fig. or any object you create on the canvas > .tab to get its methods a

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Gökhan Sever
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Zachary Pincus wrote: > I keep meaning to use matplotlib as well, but every time I try I also get > really turned off by the matlabish interface in the examples. I get that > it's a selling point for matlab refugees, but I find it counterintuitive in > the same way

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread John Salvatier
Thank you John, those are looking useful. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:39 PM, John Hunter wrote: > > > > > On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Zachary Pincus > wrote: > > > I keep meaning to use matplotlib as well, but every time I try I also get > really turned off by the matlabish interface in the exam

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread John Hunter
On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Zachary Pincus wrote: > I keep meaning to use matplotlib as well, but every time I try I also get > really turned off by the matlabish interface in the examples. I get that it's > a selling point for matlab refugees, but I find it counterintuitive in the > same

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread John Salvatier
I second that request. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Zachary Pincus wrote: > I keep meaning to use matplotlib as well, but every time I try I also get > really turned off by the matlabish interface in the examples. I get that > it's a selling point for matlab refugees, but I find it counterint

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Zachary Pincus
I keep meaning to use matplotlib as well, but every time I try I also get really turned off by the matlabish interface in the examples. I get that it's a selling point for matlab refugees, but I find it counterintuitive in the same way Christoph seems to. I'm glad to hear the OO interface isn't

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Russell E. Owen
In article <8739ew90ry@falma.de>, Christoph Groth wrote: > Hello, > > Is it just me who thinks that matplotlib is ugly and a pain to use? So > far I haven't found a decent alternative usable from within python. (I > haven't tried all the packages out there.) I'm mostly interested in 2d >

Re: [Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Joe Kington
Have a look at Chaco: http://code.enthought.com/chaco/ If you're wanting a more pythonic api, it's a good choice. Personally, I still prefer matplotlib. You don't every need to touch the state machine interface. The OO interface is slighly un-pythonic, but it's hardly clunky. I think you're ref

[Numpy-discussion] wanted: decent matplotlib alternative

2011-10-13 Thread Christoph Groth
Hello, Is it just me who thinks that matplotlib is ugly and a pain to use? So far I haven't found a decent alternative usable from within python. (I haven't tried all the packages out there.) I'm mostly interested in 2d plots. Who is happy enough with a numpy-compatible plotting package to rec