[Chart] [diagrams] ANN: Chart library v1.0

[Carter Schonwald]

question: why does the diagrams backend use Doubles to specify the size
points, rather than Ints (as the Cairo backend seems to do)



On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Carter Schonwald <
carter.schonwald at gmail.com> wrote:

> Awesome!
> Thank you very much for the work you and Jan have done this summer. I'm
> installing it all right now so I can use it post haste!
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Tim Docker <tim at dockerz.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm pleased to announce version 1.0 of the Chart library - a
>> library for rendering 2D charts in haskell. It supports a variety
>> of plot types, and several different rendering backends.
>>
>> Whilst the library has seen sporadic patches and releases in
>> recent years, development has seen a huge spike over the last
>> 3 months thanks to Jan Bracker's excellent GSOC work.
>>
>> The key changes in this release are:
>>
>> * The rendering backend has been abstracted, and there are
>>   rendering implementations for cairo and the diagrams library.
>>   The removal of the dependency on cairo should make the chart
>>   library more useful to haskell developers on windows and
>>   OSX. Jan Bracker has put a huge effort into this change.
>>
>> * The library has switched from using data-accessor to lenses to
>>   provide accessors for the plotting data model. Thanks to Ben
>>   Gamari for this change.
>>
>> These, along with various other API changes justify a 1.0 version.
>>
>> Details of the library and code examples can be found on the
>> github wiki:
>>
>>     https://github.com/timbod7/**haskell-chart/wiki<https://github.com/timbod7/haskell-chart/wiki>
>>
>> The packages and API documentation are on hackage:
>>
>>     http://hackage.haskell.org/**package/Chart<http://hackage.haskell.org/package/Chart>
>>     http://hackage.haskell.org/**package/Chart-cairo<http://hackage.haskell.org/package/Chart-cairo>
>>     http://hackage.haskell.org/**package/Chart-diagrams<http://hackage.haskell.org/package/Chart-diagrams>
>>
>> Tim Docker
>>
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