On Monday 08 January 2007 12:02, John Hunter wrote: > >>>>> "John" == John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>> > >>>>> "Darren" == Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Darren> This would really be a plus. The option to use latex for > Darren> text layout would have to be completely reworked, if it > Darren> could be supported at all. Not that this is a critical > Darren> feature, but in my opinion it is still necessary at this > Darren> point for producing the highest quality plots for > Darren> publication. > > John> For many people this is absolutely the killer feature of mpl > > But I should add if cairo the cairo ps backend had good image support, > we could put 6000 dpi images into the ps backend for the latex > mathtext which would be fine.
On the other hand, you would then lose the ability to search a pdf file for text in the figures. This is currently only possible using by setting ps.usedistiller to "xpdf", but it is a really nice feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
