Re: Object Graphics v0.5

On 4/27/06, Bill Denney <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, I've been working on the .m files for the front-end side of Object
> Graphics, and I've found a few inconsistencies in the standard as it's
> currently written:
>
> Axes
> * CameraViewAngle: the angle measure is not set.  I will define it in
>    degrees (0-180).
I agree -- mlab compatible

> * x, y, zticklabel - should be cells, but really they should be removed in
>    favor of x, y, zticklabelobjects.  (My preference is to remove them.)

I kind of like the string way of specifying labels: "1|2|3|6".
translating from this to cells is straightforward also. This is also
mlab compatible. Can you elaborate on the x/y/zticklabelobjects?

> * x, y, zscale - should be "linear" or "log" instead of "normal" or "log"

I agree

> Legend
> * color - should be removed, text color should be handled by the text
>    objects.
> * fontname, fontsize - should be removed for the same reason

The reason I like these is that they allow you to specify default
values for legends, while removing them will use the default value for
the general text object

> * Should we add a ChildrenInherit feature to this as well as groups?  (my
>    preference is yes.)

Can you elaborate on this property?

> Patch
> * Add zdata
>
> The full text is still at http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?ObjectGraphics
>
> Bill
>
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