Hello Lorenzo,
maybe you don't really use Tex to build the labels and mathtext does not
support any Tex-functionality.
if you use:
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from matplotlib import rc
rc('text', usetex=True)
import pylab as p
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it should work. Alternatively you could modify your matplotlibrc directly.
best regards
Matthias
On Tuesday 18 March 2008 10:39, Lorenzo Isella wrote:
> Dear All,
> I think the solution to my problem must be a one-liner, but I have
> been unsuccessful.
> I am trying to use latex formulas (nothing dramatically complicated)
> inside a figure.
> I suppose everything is working correctly on my system.
> I tried running the example at:
> http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/UsingTex
> and it works fine.
> But now have a look at this:
>
> #! /usr/bin/env python
>
> import scipy as s
> import numpy as n
> import pylab as p
>
> x=s.linspace(0.,(2.*s.pi),100)
> y=s.sin(x)
>
> z=s.exp(-x)
>
> #Now I create my figure
>
> fig = p.figure()
> axes = fig.gca()
>
> axes.plot(x,y, "bo",label=(r"$sin(\tau)$"))
> axes.plot(x,z,'--r',label=(r"$\rm{decay}exp(\tau) $"),linewidth=2.)
> p.xlabel('This is $\tau$')
> p.ylabel('$N_\infty(\tau)$')
> axes.legend()
> p.title('My test functions')
> p.grid(True)
> p.savefig("simple_test.pdf")
>
> p.clf()
>
> The point of the example figure is to try mixing latex formulas and text.
> Obviously, the result is not satisfactory. If I use \sin for instance,
> then I get an error message as that is not recognized.
> I think the fix to this must be rather simple for someone
> knowledgeable, but so far my attempts to get some decent mixed
> latex/text output have been unsuccessful.
> Can anyone help me with this simple example code?
> Many thanks
>
> Lorenzo
>
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