It is the best way I have seen to make diagrams with code, which can be very convenient.
so python takes instrument data and writes latex with pstricks, then to ps to pdf/svg/png/* to insert into whatever doc my colleagues are making
We are continually evaluating alternatives as latex is a heavy dependency, but nothing works as well, yet.
and even more importantly it has worked for 10 years and likely will work for the next 50 years with exactly the same code.
It is the best way I have seen to make diagrams with code, which can be very convenient.
so python takes instrument data and writes latex with pstricks, then to ps to pdf/svg/png/* to insert into whatever doc my colleagues are making
We are continually evaluating alternatives as latex is a heavy dependency, but nothing works as well, yet.
and even more importantly it has worked for 10 years and likely will work for the next 50 years with exactly the same code.