Prettier graphs?

[Strykar]

I see there are probably more pressing issues, but I was wondering if prettier graphs were on the roadmap at all?

[miguelmota]

Hi @Strykar, do you have any recommendations or suggestions for better graphs? looking for more feedback on how they can be improved.

[Strykar]

@miguelmota Perhaps use an existing library?
See https://github.com/buger/goterm/ or https://github.com/gizak/termui or even the not so current https://github.com/vdobler/chart

[simon-anz]

Cointop already uses termui for the chartplot. How would you describe "prettier"?

[miguelmota]

Related #134

[Strykar]

Cointop already uses termui for the chartplot. How would you describe "prettier"?

See https://www.tradingview.com/chart/?symbol=BITSTAMP%3ABTCUSD for an example.
On my 1440p monitor, the graphs look like they're from 1999.

[lyricnz]

Um, cointop is a terminal based UI, not a GUI. It does the "best it can" given it's using essentially character-based rendering (like ascii-art). If you want high-resolution rendering of charts, like trading-view, perhaps a client-side GUI would be a better choice (tradingview itself has a desktop app - it's probably just a web-browser in a frame).
If you have ideas about how cointop can do better in a terminal-based UI, happy to hear!

[lyricnz]

@Strykar do you have any suggestions about how we might make "Prettier graphs"? Given that cointop is a terminal application. Someone else raised a request for candlesticks #134 and side-by-side charts #93

[Strykar]

@lyricnz Seems it's not possible with the current library used, I had suggested others but it may not be worth the effort.
Closing.