Re: python plotting with greek symbols within labels recommendations?

[Gary Pajer <gpajer@rider.edu>]

Michael Gilbert wrote:

> hello all,
>
> i am a Debian user looking for a python plotting library that can 
> support rendering greek symbols and other various characters on plot 
> axes labels, etc. i would prefer something that adheres to tex 
> formatting (as implemented in latex, matlab, etc and has the form 
> $\alpha$ to represent the greekcharacter alpha for example).
>
> thus far, i've found that matplotlib 
> (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/) can do this, albeit the 
> implementation is so poor that you cannot mix standard text with 
> symbols on the same plot element.
This problem has been solved as of, I believe, matplotlib v 0.81.  
Normal text and TeX math symbols can be intermixed at will now.
see
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html#tex_demo

-g

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