On Monday 06 April 2009 20:15:47 Jouni K. Seppänen wrote:
> Chaitanya Krishna <icym...@gmail.com> writes:
> > That is, when I use pylab.ylabel(r'$V [A^{3}]$') I don't get any space
> > in between V and [.
>
> Like TeX, matplotlib ignores spaces in math mode and uses spacing
> derived from the usual roles of the symbols. You need to use an explicit
> command to add space.
>
> > I also tried using the math mode spacing for Latex, So, if I try to do
> > pylab.ylabel(r'$V\;[A^{3}]$'), I only get V and not even A^3.
>
> On the current trunk, and on the v0_98_5 maintenance branch, that works
> fine. At least the following spacing commands seem to work: r'$a\ b$',
> r'$a\,b$', r'$a\;b$', r'$a\!b$' (negative space) and r'$a\quad b$' work.
> Perhaps you can update to a newer version of matplotlib?It is also possible to mix math mode and non-math mode. ylabel(r'$V$ [\AA$^3$]') (also note that units by convention are not italic...) Best regards Troels Kofoed Jacobsen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
