From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2009-02-17T05:37:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Q: visualisation for simple animations (e.g. cel. automata)?

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> Phlip wrote:
>> Diego Virasoro wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I would need to create a very simple visualisation for some scientific
>>> work I am doing. Basically I need to draw points in a 2D graph (and
>>> specify which colours to use) and each time the user presses the
>>> spacebar it should move to the next iteration and show (say with a
>>> line) where everyone is.
>>>
>>> What would be the simplest way to go about this?
>>
>> Any GUI tool with the word "canvas" in it, such as TkCanvas.
> 
> TkCanvas is pretty good for 2D animations.

On second thought...

Writing ruby/tk code directly (rather than over a socket as I suggested) 
is probably a better idea for an animation that's this simple.

- tkar is especially good if you want to define some complex shapes and 
then move them about, rotate them, change their shape params, etc.

- using ruby/tk directly may be better if you have a grid of colored 
squares and just want to change each square's color over time. Probably 
there's even an example you could adapt.

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