On Friday 27 July 2007 08:38:49 am Michael Droettboom wrote: > If we go with another delimiter, there are others in TeX to choose > from. Plain TeX uses $$ for display math, and LaTeX uses \[, \]. Both > of these are less likely to be legitimate literals. While display math > normally implies that the math is placed on a separate line (not inline > with the text), it's not far from what matplotlib does, since it follows > the display math layout patterns.
I think $$ might be a bad idea, that has a very specific meaning in TeX, which is different than $. Like wise, \[ means display math while \( means inline math. \( ... \) is considered to be fragile, while $ ... $ is robust, but maybe \( \) would be a good solution. Then you could even switch between mathtext and usetex, and the usetex code wouldnt have to go through strings trying to substitute latex mathmode indicators for mpl indicators. Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
