Re: [Matplotlib-users] TeX in xlabel ?

[Gary <pa...@in...>]

Chris Barker wrote:

> Gary wrote:
>
>> AFAICT,  It is not possible to mix text and TeX symbols in a string 
>> and have it come out right.  For example, in
>>
>> xlabel(r'$\rm{Normalized Temperature} (kT/\epsilon)$'
>> The text  comes out in TeX math mode ... not so pretty.  Please tell 
>> me what I've overlooked.
>
>
> well, I'm not sure how this is supported in matplotlib, but in 
> LaTex,you would do:
>
> Normalized Temperature $(kT/\epsilon)$
>
> or:
>
> $\text{Normalized Temperature} (kT/\epsilon)$
>
> the "$" means put it in math mode, if you don't want "Normalized 
> Temperature" in math mode, don't put it inside the $$. The second puts 
> it all in math mode, but the text{} means set this in text mode.
>
> -Chris
>
Matplotlib doesn't support \text, and it requires that the first and 
last characters of a TeX string be $.  I guess it only processes 
mathmode.    Well, it can't do *everything*.  It would be nice to figure 
out a workaround...

thx,
-gary