kaushik.ghose wrote:

> m.text(0,0,'$\sum_{n=1}^{100}$');m.axis('off');m.savefig('test.svg')
> 
> matplotlib renders it fine, but won't save it to svg correctly - the 
> summation symbol doesn't show up.
> 
> Is this a configuration issue on my part, or is svg support for latex 
> currently incomplete?

AFAIK, the latex support for the SVG backend isn't fully working yet. 
For rcParams['text.usetex']=True you'll get an error. With 
rcParams['text.usetex']=False I get the same issue that you see (Sum 
symbol missing when I open the .svg in Inkscape).

See also 
http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg03340.html

-- 
cheers,
steve

Random number generation is the art of producing pure gibberish as 
quickly as possible.

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