matplotlib-devel Mailing List for matplotlib

Hi Charlie,
On Monday 07 August 2006 16:49, Charlie Moad wrote:
> My fear is that all these native implementations will become very hard
> to maintain. 
Its only 6 sliders and a reset button. I suggested it because it seemed like 
such a simple task that would be natural to handle with the backends native 
widgets.
> What happens when Qt 4.2 comes out and the person who 
> did the original Qt impl is long gone?
When Qt-4 came out, someone contributed a partially complete backend and I 
finished it because I wanted to use it. 
> Native tools seem better left to developers creating their own apps. The 
> typical user probably won't care if the laf is native, just whether it works
> consistently. 
Is there any objection to my replacing the SubplotTool with native widgets for 
the Qt4 backend? The SubplotTool isn't working there anyway. I'll drop the 
subject as far as the other backends are concerned.
Darren

Hello
=20
I have made a small Qt3 / OpenGL backend which we use for fast animated
plots. It depends on PyOpenGL and a tiny SWIG wrapping of FTGL (texture
mapped FreeType fonts). Using GL directly seemed the quickest way to get
high framerates on large displays. I understand the concerns about a
proliferation of unsupported backends (with no image support, sorry),
but if anyone is interested is there anywhere to upload this where other
people could have a look?
=20
Cheers
James
=20