JuliaPlots/Plots.jl

[FR] Unicode barplot

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#4,313 opened on Aug 17, 2022

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UnicodePlotsenhancementhelp wanted

Description

I'd like to have the beautiful bar plots from Unicodeplots: Image I tried:

using Plots
unicodeplots()
y = randn(6) * 2 .+ 45
bar(1:6, y, legend = false, orientation = :horizontal)

and I got: image Is something like this already possible?

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Research direction
The issue requests a Unicode bar plot similar to UnicodePlots.jl. Investigate the existing Plots.jl backend for Unicode support and compare with UnicodePlots.jl's implementation. Look at the Plots.jl source code for how other plot types are implemented and see if there is a way to add horizontal bar plots with Unicode characters. The user provided a code snippet that did not produce the desired output; examine why and propose modifications to the Plots.jl recipe or backend.