Re: [skribilo-users] Pie charts using Guile-Cairo

[Michael Vehrs]

On 01/28/2017 03:02 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Michael Vehrs <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > On 01/15/2017 11:59 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Michael Vehrs <address@hidden> skribis:
> > >
> > > > I would like to become familiar with the Skribilo source code. Is
> > > > there a simple janitorial task I could attempt? Replacing skribe-error
> > > > seems a plausible candidate, unless there are special considerations.
> > > Indeed, this is a good candidate.
> > >
> > > ‘TODO’ has some other items.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ludo’.
> > Alright, I'll have a look at that, then. I wasn't sure whether all
> > TODO items were still up to date. Meanwhile, here is a small pie
> > charting program I wrote. It uses guile-cairo. In my opinion, the
> > charts it generates are at least as good as those generated by
> > ploticus. It can also generate textures, which is mentioned as a wish
> > list item in the manual.
> Ooh, that's awesome!  And indeed it’s at least as good as what Ploticus
> produces.
>
> I think we should integrate it in Guile-Charting proper, it’s a very
> useful addition.  Would you like to turn it into a patch against
> Guile-Charting and send it to Andy Wingo (you can Cc: skribilo-users or
> myself so we keep track of it)?
>
> After that you could change the writers for the ‘base’ engine in
> (skribilo package pie) to use Guile-Charting.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Ludo’.

Okay. I will try to integrate it with guile-charting.


Regards


Michael