Re: desired features for gp backend?

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Robert T.
Short<address@hidden> wrote:
> I thought about this some after Ben's question.
>
> I think you are right.  Even though I did like gplot, it is far better to
> abstract the plotting from the specific tool.  MATLAB plotting syntax is
> occasionally clunky, but it is reasonably straightforward.  To return to
> anything gplot specific would be going backwards, not forwards.
>
> A user can always create his own interface if the octave solution doesn't
> work.
>
>
> Plotting has always been a bit of a problem.  Back when we did everything in
> FORTRAN (just dated myself!) there were a couple of good subroutine packages
> that became fairly standardized and life was good.  Making good plots
> conveniently was something I took for granted.  That hasn't really happened
> since.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Bob
>

Here's an idea: what about bringing the gplot interface back in the
form of an extension package?
(Not that I like it, I've never used it)


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