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Coming up with new backends is a continuous process. See the complete article for a description of the backend interface, a description of the current default backend (Gnuplot pipe), and what's involved in possible new backends. See the directory source/matplot/backend
for some examples. Also, have a look at this example test/backends/main.cpp
.
If you're in a hurry, here is a summary of the backends we have and the backends we have been considering or working on:
- Gnuplot
- Pros: It seems to be working for everyone.
- Cons: Pipes are comparatively slow and unidirectional
- In practice, this is default backend you'll get right now.
- OpenGL
- Pros: Efficient for many FPS.
- Cons: Blocks the main thread on some operating systems
- The experimental OpenGL backend already works for some plot categories. see 1
- Qt
- AGG