questions around an idea i have for a feature in lyx

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 01:12:38PM GMT, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 12:28:04PM +0300, matan guedj wrote:
> > that's about it) but I wanted to add a new feature to LyX - a plotting tool.
> > What I'm thinking of is on the math bar or some other bar, add a plot icon
> > that will open a window with all the parameters for the mostly used plots
> > (2D/3D, Cartesian/polar/spherical..., scatter/bars/pie..., parametric
> > curves or surfaces, implicit functions, vector fields, and more).
> > I'm still learning pgfplots but it follows a fairly simple and well-defined
> > formula for most of the plots so it most likely can be automated.
> > And now it opens some questions:
> 
> Dear Matan,
> 
> thanks for reaching out before you actually started coding. 

+1

> > and when I believe it's done and
> > an acceptable feature, present it to the developers and implement it for
> > the next version? (2.5.x probably whenever this will come up)
> 
> Right, apart from the obvious question whether you can pull it off, it's
> also important to ask whether, that's something lyx needs and wants.

+1

I agree with Pavel's questions. We should have a lot of discussion
before you start working on it.

Don't get me wrong, we would be extremely excited to have someone new
working on the LyX code! We just want to make sure you don't spend a lot
of time on something that does not get included in the end.

Although it's completely up to you, typically beginning developers get
started by working on a couple of not-to-difficult bugs before tackling
a big project.

Scott
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