Re: Simple XY line plot using GtkAda

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On 01/03/2016 13:18, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> On 3/1/2016 4:30 AM, ahlan@marriott.org wrote:
>> Can anyone advise me what I should use to draw a simple line
>> plot using GtkAda (primarily under windows).
>> Gtk.Extra.Plot seems to have been abandoned and apparently
>> doesn't work on Gtk3 so what should I use? Gtkdatabox also seems to be
>> a relic of history.
>>
> That is why we need a graphics package as part of Ada standard.

Well, GTK is notorious for killing features. Ada is much less so, in 
that sense, yes.

> C++ seems to have got the idea of how important this to have
> as part of the language, so it is there all the time:
>
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2016/p0267r0.pdf
>
> "A Proposal to Add 2D Graphics Rendering and Display to C++"

Vector graphics especially as limited as described in the document is of 
minor interest compared to proper 2D graphics: UI windows, widgets, 
controls. So if you want to start begin with the latter. (:-))

P.S. Many embedded platforms would rather use raster graphics instead of 
the vector one, for obvious reasons. ARM rendering performance is just 
horrific, literally.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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