From graphics-request at octave dot org Mon Nov 29 07:05:14 2004 Subject: Re: Oplot From: Ole Jacob Hagen To: graphics at octave dot org CC: graphics at octave dot org Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:05:32 +0100 Rafael Laboissiere wrote: >Where are the *.dsc and *.orig.tar.gz files, needed to build the package >from source? I know that I can build the package from the CVS sources, but >the presence of the above mentioned makes things easier (think of apt-get >source). > > > There are no dsc, and orig.tar.gz files here, since they are not in the repository. If I want Oplot to be included into debian packages, then I will make these files. But I will wait until the 0.1 release of Oplot. >Since Shai Ayal also manifested himself in this thread, I would like to >express my wishes here. It seems that Ayal's octplot and yours oplot are >very similar projects. The main difference lays on the choice of the GUI >toolkit (octplot uses FLTK, while oplot uses QT). If I could choose, my >preference would be GTK, which is the ubiquitous toolkit nowadays. > > > Developing a gtk-versjon of Oplot, should not be a problem really. >However, library preferences apart, I am really wondering whether octplot >and oplot could be merged. An abstraction layer would then be defined such >that the new Handle Graphics interface to Octave could be run using any >graphical toolkit. What do you think? > > > Do you have comments on this one, Shai Ayal? We had this discussion for some months ago.... Props-package in Oplot, is the handle graphics interface. If you look at the cvs-repository, you'll find that Props is separated from Oplot-source. That means that every visualisation application, can use Props internally. The pio, (src/pio) together with oplotcom.cc (src/octave), gives us the correct datas both in and out. It could also be possible to include a similar packages of Props into Octave. The Props-package in Octave will not work internally inside Octave, but used as a handle graphics interface to a visualisation application, such as Oplot, OctPlot, QMatplot, +++++ Any comments? Ole J.