[Gambas-user] gb.Chart capabilities

[Fabien Bodard]

So do to short ... what must be the name of this new component ? ..

gb.chart?
gb.plot ?
gb.graph ?




2013/9/27 Bruce <bbruen at ...2308...>

> On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 17:51 -0700, Randall Morgan wrote:
> > Yes, but charting can also be used for plotting a course for sailing or
> > flying... As in charting a course.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Fernando Martins <fernando at ...3175...
> >wrote:
> >
> > > well, it also means charting :)
> > >
> > > https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+graph
> > >
> > > /"verb/
> > > verb: *graph*; 3rd person present: *graphs*; past tense: *graphed*;
> past
> > > participle: *graphed*; gerund or present participle: *graphing*
> > > *1*.
> > > plot or trace on a graph."
> > >
> > >
> > > On 09/24/2013 07:50 PM, Fabien Bodard wrote:
> > > > Ok ok its a french error... We name that a "graphique" in French. :-D
> > > > Le 24 sept. 2013 17:20, "Randall Morgan" <rmorgan62 at ...626...> a
> écrit :
> > > >
> > > >> I would agree! There are many mathematical applications for graph
> types
> > > and
> > > >> several data structures for them Avoiding the use of the word graph
> and
> > > >> using plot would be much better.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Tobias Boege <taboege at ...626...>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> On Mon, 23 Sep 2013, Fabien Bodard wrote:
> > > >>>> Hi ru ... Maybe it interest you to help me to redraw gb.graph...
> This
> > > >>>> component is out of date.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>> One small thing: Please remember that "Graph" could equivalently
> well
> > > be
> > > >> an
> > > >>> abstract datatype in gb.data. If it's still meaningful then, I'd
> > > suggest
> > > >> to
> > > >>> call the classes in gb.graph something around "Plot". I think you
> have
> > > >> the
> > > >>> opportunity to do so. I don't know any other name for the Graph
> > > datatype.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Regards,
> > > >>> Tobi
> > > >>>
> > > >>> --
> > > >>> "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
>
> In fact (my 2 cents) I would tend to use "chart" as the overall largest
> object.  You could plot a course from (say) Normandy to Hastings on a
> nautical chart but you could also plot a set of isobars on a map of your
> local area and produce a "weather chart", plot a set of dance steps on
> paper to produce a choreographic chart, etc.
>
> My vision would be a chart is a single graphical output from the
> underlying engine. On that would be one or more plots that depict a
> certain set of data.
>
> Certainly, "graph" has a particular mathematical meaning (nodes and
> edges) that could have conflicts as abstract data types. I agree with
> Tobi that it would be better to avoid it.
>
> Nautically, a chart is a single instance of "a piece of paper" with
> certain attributes like a title, a set of co-ordinates, some "pretty"
> features, an identity etc that you use locally to plot a course or
> something.  Also, although I'm linguistically challenged I believe that
> "chart" and "plot" have fairly parallel translations - Carte,
> Kart?,sjökort etc and tracer, plotten, plotta etc  whereas "graph" tends
> to translate more generically as a "picture" - graphique, Grafik, graf
> etc.
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
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Fabien Bodard