On Monday 14 May 2007 1:29:05 pm Alexander Schmolck wrote:
> 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. *
> ***************************************************************************
>******** """)
>
> ?
As far as I'm concerned, being unsupported disqualifies the feature from being
included in mpl.
Darren
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