From unknown Sat Jun 14 03:52:17 2025 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Subject: bug#5231: 23.1.90; histograms with calc Reply-To: Leo , 5231@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Leo Original-Sender: "Leo, Shidai Liu" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@lists.donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:55:07 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 5231 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.126097862917094 (code B ref -1); Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:55:07 +0000 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 16 Dec 2009 15:50:29 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=4.0 tests=AWL autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nBGFoQ5x017091 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:50:28 -0800 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:33986) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NKw8v-0005TY-1R for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:50:26 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NKw8s-0001MO-O8 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:50:24 -0500 Received: from ppsw-0.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.130]:51814) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NKw8s-0001Lc-7h for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:50:22 -0500 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Received: from lapwing-gw-1.csx.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.1.66]:49434 helo=victoria.local) by ppsw-0.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.150]:587) with esmtpsa (PLAIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) id 1NKw8q-0000xF-0t (Exim 4.70) (return-path ); Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:50:20 +0000 From: Leo To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:50:18 +0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: "Leo, Shidai Liu" X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug and the precise symptoms of the bug. If you can, give a recipe starting from `emacs -Q': I wonder if someone can take a look at the histogram functions of calc. It will be great if it can be enhanced to be more useful. I use pgfplots (a TeX package) for plotting which is quite powerful and can do most of plots (see http://pgfplots.sourceforge.net/ for examples). For some types of plots one needs some extra care to prepare data and histogram is one of them. The 'hist'=B9 function in MATLAB returns data counts in each bin and this process cannot be directly handled in pgfplots due (probably) to the limited power of TeX. `calc-histogram' can put data in bins but only in intervals like [0,1), [1,2), ...... It seems to me this is not of much use. 'hist' in MATLAB can also take two verctors as in hist(x,y) where *x* will specifiy x-axis of the center of each bin, and this is most frequently used in real work. I am raising this bug so that one day relying on matlab for histograms would not be necessary. I find the matlab interface straightforward and so it might be worthwhile to add to calc. Best wishes, Leo Footnotes:=20 =B9 http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/hist.html From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Dec 17 15:35:28 2009 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Dec 2009 20:35:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NLN4K-0002lC-D7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:35:28 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NLN4I-0002l7-Av for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:35:26 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NLN4E-00028d-74; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:35:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19242.38410.153974.765978@fencepost.gnu.org> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:35:22 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: control Subject: control X-Attribution: GM X-Mailer: VM (www.wonderworks.com/vm), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs) X-Hue: white X-Ran: ,uHUb.RqW5o{M&de#Y&KO~\+T:a4\I92kezYiMJ\wD,hq*BG'!?L4PR\$$Yv~X List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org merge 5231 5236 severity 5231 wishlist reassign 5231 emacs,calc unarchive 753 reopen 753 stop I can finally stop those *&^$ spammers closing 753. From unknown Sat Jun 14 03:52:17 2025 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: bug#5231: bug#5236: 23.1.90; histograms with calc Reply-To: Leo , 5231@debbugs.gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: Leo , 5231@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Leo Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:35:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5231 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs,calc X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 5231-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5231.126116844811261 (code B ref 5231); Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:35:01 +0000 Received: (at 5231) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Dec 2009 20:34:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NLjWa-0002vV-EX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:34:08 -0500 Received: from ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.137]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NLjOG-0002mD-Su for 5231@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:25:33 -0500 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]:50997) by ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.157]:587) with esmtpsa (LOGIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) id 1NLKcg-0007ez-Nj (Exim 4.70) (return-path ); Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:58:46 +0000 From: Leo To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com References: <878wd2a7u0.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:58:45 +0000 In-Reply-To: <878wd2a7u0.fsf@gmail.com> (Jay Belanger's message of "Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:10:31 -0600") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:34:06 -0500 Cc: 5231@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org On 2009-12-16 22:10 +0000, Jay Belanger wrote: >> I wonder if someone can take a look at the histogram functions of calc. >> It will be great if it can be enhanced to be more useful. > ... >> I am raising this bug so that one day relying on matlab for histograms >> would not be necessary. I find the matlab interface straightforward and >> so it might be worthwhile to add to calc. > > > Thanks for bringing this up; I'll take a look at this next week (after > finals). > > Jay Thank you in advance ;) Leo