From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Cairo graphics library
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:17:12 +0200
Date: 2011-08-05T09:17:12+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3pyfg2cm18vq.wrib598l8443$.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ed6e0eb8-845c-451e-8755-33b33f4f7edb@q5g2000yqj.googlegroups.com
On Thu, 4 Aug 2011 22:53:56 -0700 (PDT), Ada novice wrote:
> I've read that GNAT 2011 has an interface to the Cairo graphics
> library.
It is announced as a part of GtkAda, but I didn't see it in a distribution.
However there exist other bindings to Cairo, which I am currently using:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cairoada/
> Can we use this library to plot graphs with Ada? By graphs I
> mean 2-dimensional plots with lines and curves (to start with).
Of course you can draw lines in Cairo, this what Cairo was designed for.
But Cairo is a low-level vector graphic library. It does not have any
ready-to-use widgets and never will.
So if you want something out-of-shelf you have to look for higher level
libraries. Specifically, off-line plotting is done by Gtk.Extra.Plot.
Waveforms (on-line RT curves), i.e. an oscilloscope, is another story.
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-05 5:53 Cairo graphics library Ada novice
2011-08-05 7:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2011-08-11 4:51 ` Ada novice
2011-08-11 23:27 ` Jerry
2011-08-12 4:42 ` Ada novice
2011-08-12 23:26 ` Jerry
2011-08-15 5:02 ` Ada novice
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