Re: Plot widgets

[Stefan Doehla <stefan power ele utoronto ca>]

Ralph Walden wrote:


> Does anyone have any experience with using the GtkPlot
> widget (from GtkExtra) on an SGI?


I planned to use it - but it was definentely not okay for a oscilloscope.


> My first impression of GtkExtra is that it is buggy and
> slow.  The development does not seem very active.
>
> Doesn't anyone else use GTK need plotting widgets?
> Is this the "official" package of such widgets?


In my impression: It's extra and not official. Plotwidgets are
always optimized for one application.


> Any comments?

yes, I have one comment ...

GtkPlot is a widget to make nice plots (not fast plots!)
Try the realtime example - it's even on a GHz box too slow.
But it has some nice features ...

GtkDatabox is the fast one (but for many applications not
nice enough). It's the one I use - but maybe your application
is not a oscilloscope ...

If both widgets are too extreme for you, write your own one.
I found so far nothing in between - only some special widgets
for audio samples etc.
And not to forget: the mesa thing for OpenGL (that rocks ...).


Stefan

b.t.w.: we are in the wrong thread ...