Hi Sean, I just checked - the hyphenation you want does not work in LaTeX in math mode. Try removing the "$"-signs in your string command. Then the hyphenation should work.
Andre On Apr 5, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Sean Lake wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to specify a range of numbers in a particular legend using LaTeX. > In order to do so I'm feeding it the string: r"$80--120". The output should > be have an endash, "80–120", but I'm getting "80--120". This is a standard > feature of LaTeX ( http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Formatting ), so I > don't know what's going on. > > Thanks, > Sean Lake > > uname -a > Darwin dynamic_051.astro.ucla.edu 10.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.7.0: Sat > Jan 29 15:17:16 PST 2011; root:xnu-1504.9.37~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 > > (You also have a bug on this web page: > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/troubleshooting_faq.html#reporting-problems > , The line python -c `import matplotlib; print matplotlib.__version__` > should not have back-ticks) > /sw/bin/python2.6 -c 'import matplotlib; print matplotlib.__version__' > 1.0.0 > > Got matplotlib via fink: > fink --version > Package manager version: 0.29.21 > Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sun Apr 3 02:28:24 2011, 10.6, x86_64 > Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto unstable/main unstable/crypto > > matplotlibrc file: > text.usetex : True > > #backend : MacOSX > backend : GTKAgg > #backend : ps > #backend : pdf > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Xperia(TM) PLAY > It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming > smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. > And it wants your games. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
