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Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners [message #35135 is a reply to message #35080]

Tue, 20 May 2003 09:42

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning (david@dfanning.com) writes:

> A few times!? I pretty much run into it constantly, and
> I go to GREAT effort to write programs in a device-independent
> fashion. If you are restricted to direct graphics for whatever
> reason, there are some things you can't do EXCEPT with
> DEVICE, DECOMPOSED=0. Filled contour plots come immediately
> to mind. :-(

Whoops! I was so exercised I hit that Send button before
I was ready.

But what makes this *essential* to teach in the first
20 things you have to know, is that if you run into it
your first impression is that you have gone completely
crazy (It worked yesterday!!) instead of blaming the
stupid software for not being able to figure it out.

Cheers,

David
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		RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Ed Wright on Wed, 14 May 2003 15:39
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: James Kuyper on Tue, 20 May 2003 09:38
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: David Fanning on Tue, 20 May 2003 09:42
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Matt Feinstein on Tue, 20 May 2003 09:28
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: David Fanning on Tue, 20 May 2003 09:38
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: condor on Tue, 20 May 2003 09:12
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: David Fanning on Mon, 19 May 2003 20:58
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Mark Hadfield on Mon, 19 May 2003 20:46
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: condor on Mon, 19 May 2003 16:35
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Kelly Dean on Fri, 16 May 2003 11:21
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Kelly Dean on Fri, 16 May 2003 11:09
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Jeff Guerber on Thu, 15 May 2003 18:38
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: David Fanning on Thu, 15 May 2003 11:13
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 15 May 2003 11:04
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Matt Feinstein on Thu, 15 May 2003 10:37
		Re: RFC 1: Common functions for beginners By: Liam E. Gumley on Thu, 15 May 2003 09:12

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