Re: [Plplot-general] ps driver oddity

[Valery P. <pi...@is...>]

>
> Yes, once PLplot is installed, and you let python know where the PLplot
> python modules are installed, that is the correct way to call a python
> script with PLplot command-line options.  But first things first; get
> the PLplot install working (see previous e-mail) before worrying about
> this.
All python scripts from share/examples works fine.
But they  are designed to run interactively. 
Everything is ok in this way.
However they do not understand comand line options.
Ok I'll try it on Ubuntu Feisty and say it is there
>
> > another question was
> > how to get \mathcal{E} with pstff driver
>
> I can highly recommend the gucharmap application which allows you to look
> at all unicode blocks and how your installed system fonts look for those
> blocks.  For example, I have the cmsy10 TrueType font (which is a TrueType
> representation of the Latex math symbol fonts) installed on my system, and
> indeed when I switch to viewing that with gucharmap it looks like the
> calligraphic version of characters are in the normal latin alphabet places.
> So if you render an upper case E with the cmsy10 TrueType font, it appears
> you will get what you want.  First, make sure the cmsy10 TrueType font is
> installed on your system.
they are in latex-ttf package
> After that take the following PLplot steps: (a) 
> specify the TrueType font cmsy10 as one of the 30 fonts that can be
> described by an FCI; (b) embed that FCI (Font Characterization Integer) in
> your string to change to that font; (c) follow that FCI in the string with
> an "E"; and (d) follow that "E" with another FCI to change back to your
> original string font. See
> http://plplot.sourceforge.net/docbook-manual/plplot-html-5.7.2/characters.h
>tml for details of how to do all these steps.
Thanks for explanation!

regards
Valery