Re: XForms: Printing of xyplots?

Dr. Dikoma C. Shungu (shungu@ultranmr.cpmc.columbia.edu)
Thu, 14 Aug 1997 13:26:06 -0400 (EDT)

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|> To subscribers of the xforms list from Ivan Powis
|> <pczip@chemistry.nottingham.ac.uk> :
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|> >
|> > To subscribers of the xforms list from "Dr. Dikoma C. Shungu"
|> <shungu@ultranmr.cpmc.columbia.edu> : >
|> > |> To subscribers of the xforms list from Ivan Powis
|> > |> <pczip@chemistry.nottingham.ac.uk> :
|> > |>
|> > |>[snip]
|> > |> My own objection to tacking on one's own ps output driver (from one of
|> > |> sources mentioned along this thread) is that the application then has
|> > |> to duplicate the programming required to generate the xyplot (scaling,
|> > |> annotation, plotting data, interpolating lines) and the results may be
|> > |> far from WYSIWYG. It kind of takes away the convenience of using
|> > |> xyplot doesn't it?
|> >
|> > It is actually easier than you think. The device drivers, which have
|> > already been written for you, ensure proper scaling, plot orientation
|> > etc..., based upon the selected device . You therefore write your
|> > drawing/plotting routine *once*, and only pass it pointers to functions
|> > which handle the drawing for the device you selected. These pointer
|> > functions, which may look like those given blow...,
|> >
|> > [Huge snip !!!]
|>
|> ... still prefer the look of a simple fl_xyplot_dump() as proposed by TC !!
|>
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