On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Diaboflo <f...@hw.ac.uk> wrote: > > The simplest case would be: > > import pylab > pylab.plot([1,2]) > pylab.xlabel("$\phi$")
Does this help: pylab.xlabel(r"$\phi$") > pylab.savefig("fig.png") > pylab.savefig("fig.eps") > > The png has the xlabel as phi, the xlabel in the eps file is just empty. > > I use python 2.5, don't really know which version of matplotlib is installed > but it is not older than a year. > > Here the latex part of matplotlibrc: > > ### LaTeX customizations. See > http://www.scipy.org/Wiki/Cookbook/Matplotlib/UsingTex > #text.usetex : False # use latex for all text handling. The > following fonts > ... > #text.latex.unicode : False # use "ucs" and "inputenc" LaTeX packages for > handling > ... > #text.latex.preamble : # IMPROPER USE OF THIS FEATURE WILL LEAD TO LATEX > FAILURES > ... > #text.dvipnghack : False # some versions of dvipng don't handle > ... > #text.markup : 'plain' # Affects how text, such as titles and > labels, are > > Thanks for your answers so far. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users