Example Fails to work

[kociak]

Running the example found in the comments of Matplotlibbackend.py is not working. I think two points are missing:

• SwiftCanvas must be init with a get_font_metrics_fn callback, but it can't be found in the example. What sort of function is it?
• A DrawingContextmust be be given as argument to canvas.render, but its type is unclear (is it same as context needed for Action?

[cmeyer]

The matplotlib Swift package was partially abandoned (i.e. not updated or maintained). I've had another request to revisit this. I have some ideas on how to proceed to make it useful and maintainable.

How important is this to you?

[kociak]

TBH, I was experimenting while preparing a paper. As the data analysis is simple on my data I wanted to make it in swift rather than jupyter, and then making the plots directly in nionswift.
On the longer run, what would be fantastic would be to be able to use matplotlib AND give a way to interact with the graphics interactively.
As a summary, this is not a priority for me.