| Summary: | "Curve" terminology for equations, histograms, and power spectra | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] kst | Reporter: | Rick Chern <rchern> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | kst |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | ||
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | 1.x | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Compiled Sources | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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Description
Rick Chern
2004-08-10 23:12:55 UTC
Removed obsolete references to "Curve" On Tuesday 10 August 2004 17:12, Rick Chern wrote: > Equations, histograms, and power spectra are sometimes referred to as > "Curves" in the UI. This is potentially confusing because there is a > "Curve" data type already. > > >From a user perspective, there seem to be "plottable data objects" > > (curves, equations, histograms, power spectra, images). Curves are just > > a type of plottable data object. > > The plot dialog has already been changed to refer to "Displayed objects" > and "Available objects". It would be nice if the curve placement and curve > appearance widgets could not refer to curves as well. But they are curves. The real fix is to make them no longer be curves... Then the curve terminology will disappear. George Staikos wrote: > But they are curves. The real fix is to make them no longer be curves... >Then the curve terminology will disappear. > > > The confusing part I think, is that equations, histograms, etc. are not curves (the data type) because they don't necessarily have everything that a curve (data type) has (they don't all use two vectors, or have x/y error bars). But equations, histograms, etc. are curves (things with lines and points that can be plotted). Perhaps alternatively the curve data type could be renamed (maybe to Function, or X-Y Map...) From the point of view of plots, they are curves. Lets not spend any more time on labels until we have decided on and implemented any class re-work. The changes that have been made are fine though. On August 11, 2004 12:48 pm, Rick Chern wrote: > ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- > You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. > > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86939 > > > > > ------- Additional Comments From rchern interchange ubc ca 2004-08-11 > 18:48 ------- > > George Staikos wrote: > > But they are curves. The real fix is to make them no longer be > > curves... Then the curve terminology will disappear. > > The confusing part I think, is that equations, histograms, etc. are not > curves (the data type) because they don't necessarily have everything > that a curve (data type) has (they don't all use two vectors, or have > x/y error bars). But equations, histograms, etc. are curves (things > with lines and points that can be plotted). Perhaps alternatively the > curve data type could be renamed (maybe to Function, or X-Y Map...) > _______________________________________________ > Kst mailing list > Kst@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kst |