On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Freddie Witherden <fred...@witherden.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> With the integration of mathtex into matplotlib nearing completion
> (just bug fixes really) I think now is a good time to be considering
> the best way to include mathtex into matplotlib.
>
> This has already been discussed on the mathtex mailing list, with
> Michael proposing a few ways of doing this. However, I am not an
> expert by any means when it comes to Python set-up/configuring. (As
> anyone who has looked at setup.py in mathtex will have seen.)
>
> While including the source is not difficult (it can be done directly
> or using svn:external) getting it built/configured is. Lets say that
> mathtex was dumped into lib/, how would one go about configuring and
> installing it from setup.py in matplotlib.
>
> Although I am sure that just executing a shell command would do it I
> am sure there must be a 'better' option for this type of 'package
> chaining'.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?
>
> Regards, Freddie.
>
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Could you please the advantages of using mathtext? How does it compare and
contrast to the existing interface?

Any pointers to read before getting more lost?

Thanks,

-- 
Gökhan
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