Re: RFE for scigraphica

Hi guys, I've been following your exchange, nice stuff, I appreciate all 
the suggestions. So far, I'll address Frederic's questions:

Parrenin Frederic wrote:

>I have several request for the next version of Scigraphica.
>By the way, is there a bugzilla for Scigraphica? It seems no, and it
>would be nice to use gnome bugzilla.
>  
>
Well, we are using sourceforge bugtracker. It's pretty nice, so far.

>1) It is not possible to invert the scale of an axis (in a XY chart for
>example).
>
You mean, to exchange the axes, or to invert the scale? I guess the 
second one. You can do it clicking on "Reflect" in the axis dialog.

>
>2) Copy/Paste from gnumeric to Scigraphica does not work. All the
>content is pasted in one cell in Scigraphica, and the changes of column
>or row are not taken into account. It is clearly a waste of time to
>export from gnumeric, and then import from Scigraphica...
>  
>
Well, this is not straightforward. I'm sure poeple in the gnumerc 
community would like to do it, but in the meantime I'm too busy fixing 
stuff before releasing. There are a few bugs that bother me, but I'm 
almost there. I want this release to be as stable as possible, that's 
why it's taking some time. This is crucial for a good marketing, you 
don't want people complaining about stability issues, and telling others 
to go and use xmgrace, don't you think ;-)

>3) Possibility for two plots to use the same X (or Y) axis. It is common
>to have several quantities to plot on, e.g. the same X axis.
>  
>
Whay do you think this is not possible? Create several layers with the 
same dimensions, one on top of the other, and hide the axes that you 
don't want to see. You can show a top axis with one dimension, and the 
bottom axis of a different layer with the other.

>These are for me important limitations.
>And less important:
>
>3) Possibility to configure tick properties (line width, style,
>length,...)
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>
This is a good one, I don't know how I missed this point. I'll write a 
new dialog in the next couple of days, and I'll tell you when it's in 
the cvs repository.

>4) Mouse scrolling does not work.
>
>
>It is incredible how good Scigraphica is already, and at the same time
>how bad the marketing and communication for Scigraphica is.
>I hope the situation will change in the future, because there is really
>a need for a good scientific graphing software under Linux/Unix. We are
>all restricted to archaic solutions like xmgrace, but it is limited and
>clearly not for Joe User.
>  
>
Any suggestions for a good marketing? All ideas are welcome.
Thanks a lot for the feedback, this is exactly what I need.
Saludos,
<ADRIAN>


>Best regards,
>
>		Frédéric
>
>
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