Re: [Matplotlib-users] latex labels on saved plots

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

Jordan Atlas wrote:
> Ok, so am I to understand that usetex=True is not supported for PDF/EPS 
> output?

In 0.90.1, it is not supported in PDF.

>  Can you explain what the "Tex-like mathtext format parsed by 
> matplotlib" is?

matplotlib also has a built-in math formatting engine that does not use 
TeX itself.  You can use it by leaving "usetex=False" (the default) and 
putting a '$' at the beginning and end of your TeX strings.

   Plotting.xlabel(r'$\alpha^2$')

Unfortunately, the built-in engine only supports a subset of what TeX 
can do.  That subset is much smaller in 0.90.1 than in the current SVN, 
where much progress has recently been made.

See here for information pertaining to version 0.90.1:

   http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.mathtext.html

Cheers,
Mike

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Michael Droettboom
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Space Telescope Science Institute
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