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Differential equation (ODE & DAE) solver test suite
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Use Gadfly for plotting #14

Closed YingboMa closed 8 years ago

YingboMa commented 8 years ago

Gadfly has better interactive, and it can even save the plot using a .js.svg and .svg format.

https://github.com/YingboMa/plot-comparison/blob/master/PyPlot.js.svg

https://github.com/YingboMa/plot-comparison/blob/master/Gadfly.js.svg

PS: Download the files and open them in an appropriate browser.

obiajulu commented 8 years ago

I like this idea and think this might be the right direction to go. I think there are some big design questions which still need to be worked out. Overall, I think everyone agrees that IVPTestSuite would be best if it could be run from the terminal and generate a html like output. I think Gadfly would be nice for this, the only question is how well is the package maintained.

ChrisRackauckas commented 8 years ago

A much better idea would be to use Plots.jl recipes. Then you could use Gadfly if you wanted, or PyPlot, etc.

mauro3 commented 8 years ago

The reason I thought to go with PyPlot was its stability vs Plots.jl. Considering this package doesn't get a lot of love, I thought best to use something stable. I don't use Gadfly myself, so I didn't consider it. I think zooming is not that relevant for the plots produced, so that is not really an issue.

ChrisRackauckas commented 8 years ago

I see. That sounds reasonable, though I think the recipe interface is pretty stable now.