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Hi list,
This is just a note that an extra track at FEMTEC, a conference for
computational methods in engineering and science, is open for open source
scientific software. The organisers have a taste for Python, so if you
want to submit a paper on numerical methods with Python, this is an
excellent venue. Abstract submission is open till end of February. To
submit you need to create an account and edit you profile.
Gael
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The 3rd International Conference on Finite Element Methods in Engineering
and Science (FEMTEC 2011, http://hpfem.org/events/femtec-2011/) will have
a track on Open-source projects and Python in scientific computing. 
FEMTEC 2011 is co-organized by the University of Nevada (Reno), Desert
Reseach Institute (Reno), Idaho National Laboratory (Idaho Falls, Idaho),
and U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (Vicksburg,
Mississippi). The objective of the meeting is to strengthen the
interaction between researchers who develop new computational methods,
and scientists and engineers from various fields who employ numerical
methods in their research. Specific focus areas of FEMTEC 2011 include,
but are not limited to, the following: 
 * Computational methods in hydrology, atmospheric
 modeling, and other earth sciences.
 * Computational methods in nuclear, mechanical,
 civil, electrical, and other engineering fields.
 * Mesh generation and scientific visualization.
 * Open-source projects and Python in scientific computing.
Part of the conference will be a software afternoon featuring open source
projects of participants.
Proceedings
Proceedings of FEMTEC 2011 will appear as a special issue of Journal of
Computational and Applied Mathematics (2008 SCI impact factor 1.292), and
additional high-impact international journals as needed.

When plotting interactively is it actually possible to update the
legend with the current plots while retaining the previous legend
settings (position, visibility, etc.) ?
here are some observations on the mpl legend operation:
leg = ax.get_legend() #0 OK. but the recommended way to update a
legend seems to be using #1 ?
leg = ax.legend() #1 OK
leg.draggable(True) #3 enables the legend to be moved with mouse.
New in mpl1.0.1. OK
leg.set_visible(False) #4 hides legend. OK
ax.legend(loc=3) #2 defines a legend location. OK but why no
locations outside the plotting area ?
ax.legend(ax.lines) #5 labels are different by default from #1. ??
ax.legend([]) #6 draws an empty square. ??
leg._loc: #7 allows you to know the legend location. in
#2 value is int, in #3 value is a tuple (if the legend has been moved)
OK but why is the attribute private ?
What to exclude from a legend :
Objects without an explicit label (labels starting with _) #8. OK
Objects that are not in the viewing area #9. should be default
behavior ??
Objects that are not set visible #10. should be default
behavior ??
-- 
thanks,
peter butterworth

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Darren Dale <dsd...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm planning on freezing the sourceforge svn repository Friday evening
> at 8:00 (NY time), and moving the git repository to its new home on
> Saturday morning.
>
> If you have concerns, please speak up.
John discovered a problem with some very early project history that
was lost several years ago during the CVS to Subversion migration. We
have an opportunity to recover it during the git migration. However,
do to a recent attack, Sourceforge has taken their CVS service down,
and based on the latest information at http://sourceforge.net/blog/ ,
they do not expect it to be back before late this week. I do not think
I will available to work on the migration this upcoming weekend, Feb
4-6. So it will probably be February 7 or 8 before I have a chance to
try to recover the old history, convert the repos to git, and post
them to github.
Darren