[Matplotlib-users] rendering strings with a ")" in an eps image

[Darren D. <dd...@co...>]

Hi folks,

I am trying to do something similar to:

from pylab import *
plot([1,2,3,4])
text(1,3,'a)')
savefig('test.eps')

I can't render the eps file because of the way that "a)" is recorded ["(a)" 
will render, so its just a parsing issue]. I think, in the eps file "(a)) 
show" should read "(a\)) show" for the image will render.

Changing line 353 in backend_ps.py to 

self._pswriter.write("(%s) show\n"%s.replace(')','\)').replace('(','\('))

would do the trick.

I'm using gentoo linux and matplotlib 0.71.
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Darren