I have always felt that it would be useful to have
> available a collection of plots corresponding to the code
> in the examples file as part of the distribution. (for
> those examples that generate plots, of course) The plot
> names would be the same as the example code that generated
> them. It could be in an economical format (png?) so as to
> not take up a lot of space. For my own part, I tend to be
> lazy and would like a way to peruse the new capabilities
> before I decide to install the new release or wait for the
> next. This would also provide a complete gallery to help
> those considering adoption. It would also provide a
> verification for persons testing a new install that this is
> what the results of running the examples should be.
The script examples/backend_driver.py does just this -- it runs a
most of the examples and generates output in a variety of formats
(PNG, PS, SVG). I usually tun this before releases and load all the
images into a viewer to check for bugs. We could add these generated
images to a web page...., but sourceforge is already complaining that
I am over my quota. Apparently, I can ask for more space, though.
JDH