Timeline for How could I make a drawing canvas?
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| Nov 8, 2013 at 22:03 | history | edited | Dr. belisarius | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 7, 2013 at 19:20 | comment | added | David Park | @Belisarius I said that I am quite certain that one cannot write a palette type app from which one can create general useful graphics. You seem to have missed the point. Graphical presentations are simply to varied and particular for that approach to work. So spend your time on it if you want, and good luck. | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 18:56 | comment | added | WReach | -1 I would prefer an answer something along the lines of "Here's some code to get you started... but if you are interested, my Presentations package has a much more complete and robust implementation." | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 18:45 | comment | added | Dr. belisarius | @DavidPark Please reconsider your way of answering in this site. Many of us are consultants (we sell our time instead of an application), but what good could I do by answering "if you pay a few hours of my time, I can do that for you"? I'm quite sure you can help the OP a lot more by explaining him how you could do his canvas, from the ground up | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 18:41 | comment | added | Dr. belisarius | BTW, in case the OP needs it, here is the popup code for the options mentioned in this answer. It doesn't do what the OP requires, but perhaps can be extended in that direction forums.wolfram.com/mathgroup/archive/2009/May/msg00351.html | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 18:34 | comment | added | David Park | Excuse me! He wanted to easily combine many types of plots and primitives. I showed how that can be done with an existing app. He wanted a pop-up for options. The app has that, and better than you would design. He wanted a way of maintaining a permanent record for reproducing the graphics and I showed the best way for doing that. Sorry, but you guys ARE narrow minded and cheap besides! | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 18:20 | comment | added | rm -rf♦ | A good answer to this question would have 1) Shown the basic steps of designing a canvas from scratch in vanilla Mathematica, talked about things to consider (such as the different coordinate systems, scaled coordinates, ticks, labeling, re-styling without re-plotting, etc.) 2) Indicated how that could be extended in ways that the OP wants (popups, dropdowns, inputfields, etc.) and after that, if you wanted to peddle your warez, then fine. I'm sorry, but I'm downvoting this, despite the fact that I respect your skills and the effort you have put into designing this package. [3/3] | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 18:19 | comment | added | rm -rf♦ | With your earlier cries of "narrow mindedness" of interpretation and "bigotry" shown by the site users, I thought that your answer was going to be general and actually answer the question in detail, which was "How do I make a drawing canvas". Instead, your answer showed the same narrow mindedness in interpretation and only demonstrates what can be done with your package. It completely ignores the requirements of the question. Usually, apps like the OP's are not designed for communication (like in a journal paper), but for easy viewing, plotting and interactive exploration by newbies. [2/3] | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 18:18 | comment | added | rm -rf♦ | I'm sorry but as always, you miss the question completely and post an unrelated answer that's an advertisement to your software. OP clearly said that they wanted to include popups, list of options, input fields, etc. to make a self-contained app, and your answer does not mention any of that! The problem has never really been an objection to 3rd party software. There are plenty of others with stuff for sale/free that are doing just fine here. Rather the problem most people have is when you miss an opportunity for an excellent teaching moment and use it instead for a boring sales pitch [1/3] | |
| Nov 7, 2013 at 17:55 | history | answered | David Park | CC BY-SA 3.0 |