No the '\' is not the problem. \odot is a LaTeX command. I still have the problem if I don't use it (see below with only pylab.xlabel(r'Upper mass for the IMF (10$^3$)')) and \\odot writes 'odot' and doesn't write the 'odot' symbol.
Gary Ruben a écrit : > 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 ? > In [1]:import matplotlib In [2]:import pylab In [3]:matplotlib.__version__ Out[3]:'0.87.7' In [4]:matplotlib.__revision__ Out[4]:'$Revision: 2905 $' In [5]:matplotlib.rc('text',usetex=True) In [6]:pylab.plot([0,1]) Out[6]:[<matplotlib.lines.Line2D instance at 0xb67dde4c>] In [7]:pylab.xlabel(r'Upper mass for the IMF (10$^3$)') Out[7]:<matplotlib.text.Text instance at 0xb693d62c> In [8]:pylab.savefig('test.eps') sh: line 1: 19944 Erreur de segmentation gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -r6000 -sDEVICE=pswrite -sPAPERSIZE=letter -sOutputFile="/tmp/098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6.ps" "/tmp/098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6" >"/tmp/098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6.output" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- exceptions.RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last) /home/champavert/<ipython console> /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/pylab.py in savefig(*args, **kwargs) 811 def savefig(*args, **kwargs): 812 fig = gcf() --> 813 return fig.savefig(*args, **kwargs) 814 if Figure.savefig.__doc__ is not None: 815 savefig.__doc__ = _shift_string(Figure.savefig.__doc__) /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py in savefig(self, *args, **kwargs) 685 kwargs[key] = rcParams['savefig.%s'%key] 686 --> 687 self.canvas.print_figure(*args, **kwargs) 688 689 def colorbar(self, mappable, cax=None, **kw): /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py in print_figure(self, filename, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, orientation, **kwargs) 184 if dpi is None: dpi = rcParams['savefig.dpi'] 185 agg = self.switch_backends(FigureCanvasAgg) --> 186 agg.print_figure(filename, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, orientation, 187 **kwargs) 188 self.figure.set_canvas(self) /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py in print_figure(self, filename, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, orientation, **kwargs) 486 ps = self.switch_backends(FigureCanvasPS) 487 ps.print_figure(filename, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, --> 488 orientation, **kwargs) 489 elif ext.find('pdf')>=0: 490 from backend_pdf import FigureCanvasPdf /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py in print_figure(self, outfile, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, orientation, papertype) 1009 # Let's keep the usetex stuff seperate from the generic postscript 1010 self._print_figure_tex(outfile, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, -> 1011 orientation, papertype) 1012 else: 1013 if isinstance(outfile, file): /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py in _print_figure_tex(self, outfile, dpi, facecolor, edgecolor, orientation, papertype) 1243 elif rcParams['text.usetex']: 1244 if False: pass # for debugging -> 1245 else: gs_distill(tmpfile, ext=='.eps', ptype=papertype, bbox=bbox) 1246 1247 if isinstance(outfile, file): /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py in gs_distill(tmpfile, eps, ptype, bbox) 1341 exit_status = os.system(command) 1342 fh = file(outfile) -> 1343 if exit_status: raise RuntimeError('ghostscript was not able to process \ 1344 your image.\nHere is the full report generated by ghostscript:\n\n' + fh.read()) 1345 else: verbose.report(fh.read(), 'debug') RuntimeError: ghostscript was not able to process your image. Here is the full report generated by ghostscript: ESP Ghostscript 8.15 (2006-04-19) Copyright (C) 2004 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved. This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users