PyX - News

2007-10-03: PyX 0.10 released

This release adds 3d plotting facilities to PyX using parallel or central projection. Two new graph styles grids and surfaces can be used in 3d graphs as well as some existing generic graph styles (symbols, lines, errorbars etc.). Several new examples, various other improvements requested by PyX users and some bugfixes complete this release.

2006-09-14: Talk about Type1 fonts and PyX in Rosenheim

A talk about Type1 fonts and PyX was presented at the fall meeting of the German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V. (September 14th and 15th, Rosenheim). The presentation is available in German (pdf, 19 pages, 226 KB) and in a crude english translation.

2006-09-11: First public version of PyXPlot released

Dominic Ford released the first public version of PyXPlot, which provides a Gnuplot-style interface to PyX. PyXPlot already supports a large subset of Gnuplot's original functionality, always combined with the high-quality output of PyX.

2006-05-24: PyX 0.9 released

This release features a new set of deformers for path manipulations like smoothing, shifting, etc. A new set of extensively documented examples describing various aspects of PyX in a cookbook-like fashion have been written. Type 1 font-stripping is now handled by a newly written Python module. The evaluation of functions for graph plotting is now left to Python. Thereby some obscure data manipulation could be removed from the bar style for handling of nested bar graphs. Transparency is now supported for PDF output. Many more small improvements and bug fixes top off this release.

2006-01-20: New PyX tutorial for Gnuplot users

Titus Winters wrote a very nice tutorial explaining the basics of PyX's graph-plotting facilities for users familiar with Gnuplot.

2005-08-13: PyX 0.8.1 released

This release fixes some bugs in the path module and the output of decorated paths. The fallback for kpathsea was considerably improved in speed (it was unintensionally slowed down in 0.8). The inclusion of the bounding box information in PS and PDF files is now optional. It is suppressed by default when a paperformat is specified. A new path example completes the release.

2005-07-13: PyX 0.8 released

PyX now supports PDF output and also the generation of multi-page PS/PDF documents. The internals of the path system have been cleaned up and the external interface has been streamlined. The axis data handling of the graph component has undergone a major revision. Many other improvements and bug fixes are included in this release.

2004-12-15: PyX 0.7.1 released

This release fixes some bugs in the graph system, the canvas module and the kpsewhich support. The tipa package is no longer required to build the FAQ. The index files to sort the examples are now included in the distribution. Two new examples complete this maintenance release.

2004-10-29: PyX presentation in Hannover

PyX was presented at the fall meeting of the German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V. (October 29nd to 30th, Hannover). The presentation is available in German (pdf, 16 Pages, 346 KB) only.

2004-10-21: PyX 0.7 released

This release adds support for the inclusion of bitmaps. The internals of the path system have undergone a major revision and cleanup. The handling of short path elements has been enhanced considerably to prevent numerical instabilities. The data and style handling in the graph system has been completely reorganized. It is now possible to combine several graph styles within a single plot instruction.

2004-04-27: PyX 0.6.3 released

PyX 0.6.3 contains a few bug fixes and includes the source for the FAQ and the manual as requested by a package maintainer.

2004-04-07: PyX 0.6.2 released

PyX 0.6.2 fixes a few bugs in the graph system.

2004-03-31: PyX 0.6.1 released

PyX 0.6.1 fixes a brown paper bag bug in the distribtion which missed to contain the new directories for the graph and the axis system.

2004-03-30: PyX 0.6 released

This release further improves the internal design and visible interfaces of PyX. The path system has undergone a major revision and cleanup. The graph module has been split into several smaller modules, reflecting its component architecture. Moreover, PyX now makes use of the attribute system introduced in the previous release. Graph styles and data handling have been largely revised. Major parts of the documentation have been rewritten and are now based on the standard Python documentation style. Bug-fixes and speed improvements complete this release.

2004-03-05: PyX presentation in Darmstadt

PyX was presented at the annual meeting of the German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V. (March 2nd to 6th, Darmstadt). The presentation is available in German (pdf, 18 Pages, 425 KB) and English.

2004-01-22: PyX 0.5.1 released

This release fixed a distribution error (missing C files) and a PostScript DSC bug.

2004-01-20: PyX 0.5 released

PyX 0.5 introduces a more consistent and flexible attribute system is included. The TeX integration has been improved: native support for virtual fonts has been added. Markers allow the gathering of positions within the text. TeX's inter-process-communication option can be used to speed up the TeX interface. The install process has been streamlined. Lots of other small improvements and bugfixes were made.

2003-09-17: PyX 0.4.1 released

This release fixed some bugs mostly releated to the additions in the TeX/LaTeX handling.

2003-08-22: PyX 0.4 released

This release improves the special and font handling of the TeX/LaTeX interface. The graph module has undergone extensive restructuring of the axis component. Furthermore, various known bugs and shortcomings have been fixed.

2003-04-04: PyX 0.3.1 released

This release adds the examples to the tarball and fixes various bugs.

2003-03-31: PyX 0.3 released

PyX 0.3 features a new seamless TeX/LaTeX integration (internal dvi reader), nice examples, and huge improvements all over the place.

2003-01-17: PyX 0.2 released

PyX 0.2 contains a variety of bug fixes and improvements. In particular the axis handling of the graph module was enhanced considerably.

2002-10-07: PyX 0.1 released

The first public release, PyX 0.1, has been uploaded to SourceForge. It allows the creation of encapsulated PostScript drawings and uses TeX/LaTeX + dvips for the text creation. A graph module for the creation of x-y-plots is included.