[Sugar-devel] Possible graphing activity

[Bobby Powers]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz <
bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:

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> Jamie Boisture wrote:
> > Currently my program is using pygame embedded in a gtk drawing window.
>  I'm
> > not sure if this is a good way to do these graphics.  Any suggestions
> would
> > be very useful.
>
> I think a graphing activity is a great idea.  The best way I know of
> drawing graphs from python is Matplotlib:
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ .


I haven't used that, but it looks promising.  I have used cairo plot:
http://linil.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/cairoplot-11/
https://launchpad.net/cairoplot

it makes pretty pictures, but was also pretty slow last time I played with
it.

Bobby


> There is apparently already some plotting capability in Calculate:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Calculate#Functionality
>
> A new, more powerful, graphing program would be a valuable project, as
> would improving the graphing capabilities of Calculate.
>
> - --Ben
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