From vincent.fourmond at 9online.fr Tue Oct 3 03:25:01 2006 From: vincent.fourmond at 9online.fr (Vincent Fourmond) Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:25:01 +0200 Subject: [Tioga-news] Version 1.2.0 is available ! Message-ID: <4522104D.40404@9online.fr> Hello dear Tioga users ! We are happy to announce the 1.2.0 release of Tioga. This version has dealt with one of the most annoying 'problem' with previous versions of Tioga: it is now possible to set the exact size of the PDF file produced, with the page_setup function. You can then simply include directly the PDF file produced into LaTeX documents (or even others). During the process, we added a whole bunch of debugging functions (look for /(enter|exit)_(show_plot|subplot|subfigure)/), and a enter_page and an exit_page hook which you can use to set the output size; quoting Bill's explanation on the subject: My initialize routine adds a call on def_enter_page_function t.def_enter_page_function { enter_page } I define enter_page as def enter_page t.page_setup(11*72/2,8.5*72/2) # takes size in postscript points t.set_frame_sides(0.15,0.85,0.85,0.15) end Then, no need to modify your existing graphs to take profit of the new 'real-size' scheme ! There are also a whole bunch of new methods to Dvector and Function (convolution, computation of distance, integration, stripping of NaN values...). This release also sees the creation of a Tioga/Utils module, where some useful functions have been written (TeX quoting of strings, dimension conversion). By the way, this time I didn't mess up with the architecture system, so there shouldn't be need for a bug-fix release in a few hours ;-)... Hope you'll enjoy using the new version as much as we enjoyed writing, testing and debugging it ! Cheers Vincent Fourmond From paxton at kitp.ucsb.edu Tue Oct 3 11:55:36 2006 From: paxton at kitp.ucsb.edu (Bill Paxton) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:55:36 -0700 Subject: [Tioga-news] Version 1.2.0 is available ! In-Reply-To: <4522104D.40404@9online.fr> References: <4522104D.40404@9online.fr> Message-ID: On Oct 3, 2006, at 12:25 AM, Vincent Fourmond wrote: > This version has > dealt with one of the most annoying 'problem' with previous > versions of > Tioga: it is now possible to set the exact size of the PDF file > produced, with the page_setup function. You can then simply include > directly the PDF file produced into LaTeX documents (or even others). I just want to add to Vincent's comments on this particular aspect of the new release. Use the page_setup function! Now, for a few more details: In Tioga, the problem of page setup has finally been solved. At least, that's what I'm going to believe until I start hearing to the contrary from users! I think Tioga is coming to that delicious stage in the evolution of any software when it starts to shrink. While you're feeling your way into a problem, the system expands as new approaches are tried and new features are added. Once you finally begin to see how to do things in a good way, the design can be cleaned up and trimmed down. For me at least, this has involved a "paradigm shift" concerning the role of the PDF file produced by Tioga. In the "old fashioned" model I was carrying around in my head, that PDF was just a "preview" of what would be constructed later in a TeX document using the separate *_figure.txt and *_figure.pdf files. In the "new vision", the so- called "preview" PDF has become the final product, and the *_figure files are strictly temporary steps in creating it. I have a hunch that most of you have been using Tioga with the "new vision" in mind all along! But the lack of a good way to do the page setup was making it difficult to do. So... I predict that in a not-to-distant release, the word "preview" will be gone from Tioga's vocabulary. The *_figure files will be automatically deleted along with the *.aux and *.log files that currently litter the landscape. The enter_page routine will be used as a place to setup the default style for figures and plots -- not just page size and margins, but also things like fonts and font sizes. I have started converting all of my plot files to the new paradigm -- I urge you to do the same. Cheers, Bill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/tioga-news/attachments/20061003/b68e137d/attachment-0001.html From vincent.fourmond at 9online.fr Thu Oct 5 02:12:48 2006 From: vincent.fourmond at 9online.fr (Vincent Fourmond) Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:12:48 +0200 Subject: [Tioga-news] Version 1.2.0 is available ! In-Reply-To: <4522104D.40404@9online.fr> References: <4522104D.40404@9online.fr> Message-ID: <4524A260.4080502@9online.fr> Hello dear Tioga users ! Vincent Fourmond wrote: > By the way, this time I didn't mess up with the architecture system, > so there shouldn't be need for a bug-fix release in a few hours ;-)... Well, I was half-right, since this release did last no less than 36 hours 42 minutes... Still, when I realized that there was a severe mistake from my side that would prevent installation for new users, I just couldn't wait longer... You won't need to install 1.2.1 if 1.2.0 works for you. Cheers ! Vincent