On Wed, 20 Mar 2013, Mark Taylor wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013, Peter W. Draper wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 11 Mar 2013, Mark Taylor wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 11 Mar 2013, Peter W. Draper wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 9 Mar 2013, Tim Jenness wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 10452 (mbt):
> > > > > ttools: Great Graphics Overhaul. Add new plotting classes.
> > > >
> > > > Sounds very promising. Should we be building this version?
> > >
> > > You can if you like. My policy is that anything I check in on
> > > the trunk should at least be harmless, i.e. ought not to mess up
> > > the build. Of course mistakes can happen, let me know if you spot
> > > some...
> >
> > OK, I'll try an build update, but probably hold off on using it until the
> > TOPCAT fixes come out. I'm sure we'll want to play with that as soon as
> > anything is ready.
>
> Well, I'm still making adjustments, and documentation is missing
> but if you're willing to live on the bleeding edge the functionality
> is now checked in to the repository. There are four new plot windows,
> complete with ugly and uninformative icons (may improve if I can
> think of something) in the Graphics menu of the Control window.
>
> My plan is to make a 4.0b release before Easter, i.e. next week.
> It will certainly not be perfect or complete. Any suggestions or
> comments, including brutally honest ones about usability, are very
> welcome before and after then. Nice screenshots gratefully
> received too.
>
> I will write an introduction to the new functionality on the topcat-user
> list (probably I'll copy here) and on the web page with some
> screenshots. For now here is a somewhat scrappy preview; if it
> looks too long to read, feel free to just fire up the windows
> and play around.
Short intro with screenshots here:
http://www.starlink.ac.uk/topcat/v4_graphics.html
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Mark Taylor Astronomical Programmer Physics, Bristol University, UK
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