Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Monday 14 May 2007 9:02:08 am Lev Givon wrote:
>> In the matplotlib-users list archive, I noticed that someone once
>> mooted the possibility of patching the matplotlib LaTeX code to
>> provide a user-configurable parameter that would allow one to add
>> extra lines to the LaTeX preamble. I didn't see any responses from the
>> matplotlib developers regarding their opinions of the suggested patch,
>> however.
>
> I am not in favor of adding a parameter that allows users to add additional
> lines to the preamble. It took a lot of work to get usetex working on all
> platforms, and I just don't have the kind of time anymore to add an option
> that will allow endless configuration of latex parameters. It's not the
> implementation of the patch that is the problem, it is all the support
> requests that will follow from latex-specific failures related to customized
> preamble settings.
I'd *really* like the ability to ``usepackage`` for various reasons and it
would clearly add useful functionality that is not otherwise obtainable.
I understand concern about an additional support burden, but couldn't this be
handled by explicitly noting that it's unsupported, possibly even printing out
an unsubtle warning like so:
warnings.warn("""
***********************************************************************************
* YOU SPECIFIED A CUSTOM LATEX-PREAMBLE -- THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED FEATURE.
*
* PLEASE DO NOT REPORT PROBLEMS TO matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*
* BEFORE YOU HAVE REMOVED YOUR latex_preamble=... SETTING.
*
***********************************************************************************
""")
?
cheers,
'as
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