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Especially when you have such pretty defaults in things like Matlab and Mathematica. Matplotlib (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ http://matplotlib.sourcefor
by wwortiz 16y ago
Especially when you have such pretty defaults in things like Matlab and Mathematica.
Matplotlib (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/) is actually the best opensource library for creating great looking graphs that I have come across, and is comparable to Matlab and Mathematica.
- cdavid 16y agoI guess taste comes in place - I find producing good (as in academic publication good) figures in matlab an exercice of pain. The subplot mechanism is awful (at least was 5 years ago), and it is hard to control the layout. I heard mathematic is much better in that regard, but never used it myself.
- sciboy 16y agoI've looked at matplotlib but still think it's ugly by default. Compare to: http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/weather-stations-data/ http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/weather-stations-data/ http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/rna-codons-table/ http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/rna-codons-table/ The beauty of tex font's + vector graphics is impressive. Try zooming in on the sparklines in the first example