Mathematica graphics and J/Link
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg51878] Mathematica graphics and J/Link
- From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 01:49:31 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, I am interested to know if there are any packages out there which solve the problem of doing interactive Mathematica graphics using J/Link. Obviously you can display your graphics in a mathCanvas window, but any mouse messages relate to pixel coordinates and not to the coordinate system of the original Mathematica plot. Furthermore, the relationship between the two coordinate systems will change if the window is resized by the user or (sometimes) if the graphics are changed. The sort of program I have in mind might (say) populate a graph with data supplied using the mouse. The reason that I ask is that I have devised what I believe is a pretty effective solution to this problem (by temporarily modifying the plot with calibration marks). If there is nothing adequate out there I will do the work to polish it up for MathSource. Are there any plans to supply reliable pixels to Mathematica coordinate conversions in J/Link (or is there something in there already that I have missed). Regards, David Bailey