5 > 2. Project Purpose and Summarization
7 > Please provide detailed, accurate description of your project and what
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14 PyX is a python package to create encapsulated PostScript figures. It provides
15 classes and methods to access basic PostScript functionality at an abstract
16 level. At the same time the emerging structures are very convenient to produce
17 all kinds of drawings in a non-interactive way. In combination with the python
18 language itself the user can just code any complexity of the figure wanted.
19 Additionally an TeX/LaTeX interface enables one to use the famous high quality
20 typesetting within the figures.
22 A major part of PyX on top of the already described basis is the provision of
23 high level functionality for complex tasks like 2d plots in publication-ready
26 The project started in the middle of last year and is developed by Jörg Lehmann
27 and André Wobst. While we plan to use PyX ourself (and already do) we want to
28 take the opportunity to share our project with others under the GPL. Thus, we
29 would greatly appreciate sourceforge for the hosting of this project.
35 > 4. Project Public Description
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38 > Summary page, in search results, etc. It should not be as comprehensive and
39 > formal as Project Purpose description (step 2), so feel free to use concise and
40 > catchy wording. Maximum length is 255 chars.
42 PyX is a python package for the creation of encapsulated PostScript figures. It
43 provides both an abstraction of PostScript and a TeX/LaTeX interface. Complex tasks
44 like 2d plots in publication-ready quality are build out of these primitives.
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