I haven't tried it, but my guess is the '\' character is the problem.
> pylab.xlabel('10$^3$ M$_\odot$')
Try
pylab.xlabel(r'10$^3$ M$_\odot$')
^
Add raw string marker.
or maybe
pylab.xlabel('10$^3$ M$_\\odot$')
Gary R.
Nicolas Champavert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have some problems when trying to save a figure with usetex=True.
> Sometimes, it is not possible to save the figure when trying to put an
> xlabel with LaTeX inside.
> It works with pylab.xlabel('M$_\odot$') but not with
> pylab.xlabel('10$^3$ M$_\odot$') (see below). Do you know why ?
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