Re: [Texmacs-dev] [TeXmacs] inline plots in Maxima

[Andrea Gamba]

Hello, I am using the ps_out() method to get inline figures with scipy
and the python plugin.

The figures I obtain by default are much larger than the widht of the
page, so I have to manually resize them one by one.

Is it possible to use ps_out() with an argument specifying the size of
the inline figure, or is there any other method to produce an inline
figure of desired size?

Andrea Gamba


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Bill Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm soliciting for help in getting inline plots working in Maxima. Maybe
> there's already a feature that does this.
>
> I've had some success in getting inline plots working in Python and Octave,
> it would also be nice to have them working in Maxima. The process would go
> something like this:
>    * create plot
>    * save plot as eps file
>    * call a new ps_out(fname) function to read the eps file
>      and display it within TeXmacs document
>
> The last bit could be a Maxima command that looks like this:
>     print(ascii(2),"ps:",read_list("fname.eps"),ascii(5));
>
> I have tried this command from a Maxima session and I get a display of raw
> PostScript. The Maxima plugin seems to revolve around a Lisp file.
> Regrettably, Lisp is a language I don't speak, so I don't know how to hack
> it to get a function working. Algorithms so far have been:
>    Octave: Drop a new ps_out.m function file where other plugin function
> files are.
>            Octave will see this file as one of the things to search when it
> tries
>            to interpret your command.
>
>    Python: Embed a ps_out() function inside the tm_python file. ps_out is
> added to the sessions namespace.
>
> Both techniques are remarkably similar. I don't know how to trick the Maxima
> plugin to do the same thing. Any thoughts?
>
> --Bill Eaton
>
>