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Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 18:11:00 -0700
From: Stephen Walton <stephen.walton@...267...>
CC: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib and scipy_core

Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:

>Any idea how easy it will be to use matplotlib with scipy_core?
>
At the moment it looks trivial. I have matplotlib 0.84 and "new scipy"
installed and did:

ipython -pylab
import scipy as S
x=S.arange(10)
plot(x,x**2)

and got a plot.

I think there is more to it than that. There are all sorts of
dependencies on either Numeric or numarray that need to be addressed.
Try installing matplotlib without either Numeric or numarray -- I dont
think you will get very far.

C.

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Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:

I think there is more to it than that. There are all sorts of
dependencies on either Numeric or numarray that need to be addressed.
Try installing matplotlib without either Numeric or numarray -- I dont
think you will get very far.

Ah, good point. It would be good to begin work on this, but IMHO the new scipy_core has a bit to go before it is ready for prime time. Someone just pointed out on the numpy list, for example, that it presently does not include masked arrays, a capability I use often and support for which was painstakingly added to Matplotlib over the last year or so.