Erin Sheldon

The above PR put the framework in place for this, but so far I only found label for attributes to be set.

I don't know what this means, I'm glad you do

I see, interesting idea. Here is how to get the formatting: ```python with biggles.FramedPlot() as p: biggles.Point(1, 2) ```

We would need objects to be able to set all their properties on construction. for example `Points` and other components for some reason cannot set their label on construction, but...

I see, I was assuming this would be like a file that gets closed, but leaving the plot usable makes more sense in this case.

It would be a big win ergonomically. Every time I do a new install I need to build plotutils as well, which is a pain.

Can @nolta comment on the layout mechanism for biggles? And such things as picking axis ranges, etc? I think the defaults in biggles are excellent and in good taste. In...

another alternative backend that looks interesting is pyx. I think it can do everything biggles does, but is a bit clunky to write. It is pure python. Would just need...

if we are willing to write pdf then convert to png (and then possibly display that on the screen) then pyx could work.

I think cairo is definitely worth looking into. Also I looked into it, and I think I could hack together a barebones X11 image display that would be as fast...