[Kst] Bugzilla Versions

[Peter Kümmel]

Am Dienstag, den 07.09.2010, 14:18 -0400 schrieb Barth Netterfield:
> I was thinking about KDE Data Explorer, but I worry that the acronym
> may already be taken.
> 
> As to Netterplot, I would feel sort of uncomfortable with having my
> name in the program name, though the German meaning is cool.

I already assumed this would be a problem.

> 
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Peter Kümmel <syntheticpp at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Here my idea: nettplot
> >
> > There are no Google hits for "nettplot"
> >
> > It sound like netplot, but I found no programs with this name, only a
> > web interface for gnuplot: http://lavica.fesb.hr/netplot/en/index.html
> >
> > nettplot is easy to remember, indicates the scope of the program:
> > plotting. A disadvantage is the association with the net, but at least
> > we we could plot files which resides on some network drive.
> >
> > Additionally 'nett' has a meaning in German: neat
> > http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=nett
> >
> > And most important, the founder's name starts with nett, so he couldn't
> > say No ;)
> >
> >
> >
> > Or even better: netterplot
> > The German word 'netter' translates to "more neat"
> >
> > And we are not alone with the prefix netter
> >
> > http://www.netteranatomy.com
> > http://www.nettervibration.com machines
> > http://www.netterimages.com  medical illustrator Netter
> > http://www.netterreference.com
> > http://www.netterconstruction.com
> >
> > so why no netterplot.***?
> >
> > But maybe the English meaning of netter is misleading, or
> > we say X/Y coordinate system is a net, a netterplot is the
> > one who does it.
> >
> > And again Netter also has meaning in the history of kst ;)
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
> > Am Sonntag, den 22.08.2010, 18:43 +1000 schrieb Ben Lewis:
> >> I like really KST because it's short but acronyms can be hard to
> >> remember... was it KST, KTS or KSB?
> >>
> >> Maybe giving it a meaning would make it more memorable e.g. Kde
> >> Scientic Trending.
> >>
> >> If you're looking for ideas proplot.com and testplot.com are
> >> available.
> >>
> >> Cheers, Ben
> >>
> >> On 22/08/2010 7:49 AM, Barth Netterfield wrote:
> >> > I chose kst because it started with a k and was only three letters
> >> > long :-)  I normally run it from the command line.
> >> >
> >> > I originally thought of it as a chart recorder or 'stripchart'.
> >> >
> >> > I don't have a better name (yet) but a good app slogan might be
> >> > "explore your data."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > C. Barth Netterfield
> >> > University of Toronto
> >> > 416-845-0946
> >> >
> >> > On Aug 21, 2010 5:04 PM, <nicolas.brisset at free.fr> wrote:
> >> > > Hi,
> >> > >
> >> > > yes that can only help, unless FITS support is not
> >> > production-ready yet (I'm not a FITS user, I have no idea how good
> >> > the support is compared to the other tools people can use to work
> >> > with FITS).
> >> > > In the same order of ideas, I think I once mailed the CDF and
> >> > netCDF sites to tell them kst had gained support for them (at least
> >> > partly, we should still extend it) but I don't think they ever
> >> > updated their web pages.
> >> > >
> >> > > By the way, strangely nobody commented on my suggestion to change
> >> > the name of the application (at least for the 2.x series). If we
> >> > ever want to go that way, now would be a good time and we should do
> >> > it *before* advertising the new version!
> >> > > Does anybody have an opinion on that?
> >> > > I am personnally in favor of it. Barth, I don't know where the
> >> > name comes from and please don't be offended but I find the name
> >> > neither expressive (who could gather the idea that it's a plotting
> >> > tool from the name?) nor "sexy". I've not given it much thought, but
> >> > to kick off the brainstorming I'd suggest "powerplot" or
> >> > "powerplotter". That would surely increase the hit rate by Google
> >> > when looking for plot tools, especially if we create a site with
> >> > that string in the URL as I've noticed that sites with keywords in
> >> > the URL seem to get high scores. And more people may want to give it
> >> > a try.
> >> > > OK, I've just seen that this name is already taken. So let's just
> >> > use it as an incentive to unleash your creativity!
> >> > >
> >> > > Nicolas
> >> > > ----- "Peter Kümmel" <syntheticpp at gmx.net> a écrit :
> >> > >
> >> > >> nicolas.brisset at free.fr:
> >> > >> > 2) we definitely need *more press work*.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> We could list Kst in the various file-format articles in
> >> > Wikipedia.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> For instance somewhere in the section "Using FITS files" at
> >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FITS
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Peter
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
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