Re: [Veusz-discuss] Latex in Veusz
On 28/10/11 14:14, George wrote: > Then I discovered Veusz and basically realized that this is what I > was envisioning when I started working on my GUI. The only issue > which I am having with it is that I cannot get the text (for example > axes labels) to have true Latex look. I chose cmr10 font (which I > assume means Computer Modern Roman, which is what Latex uses by > default, However if I type \mu as a axis label, that \mu does not > appear to be the same as in Latex. So I'm wondering whether I am > doing something wrong, or whether the text rendering in Veusz is not > really done by Latex, although the syntax is Latex-like? Is there > currently any way to make the text in a Veusz plot to look exactly > the same as the text in a Latex document? Ben is correct that Veusz's text output just tries to emulate latex's syntax. It doesn't use latex, its layout algorithms or fonts. Whether Veusz could do a better job is another matter, it could interpret $$ signs as equations, and italicise text within them and try to get the spacing a bit better. Alternatively, perhaps it would be possible to use latex directly, like this http://pav.iki.fi/software/textext/ You'd need a latex system and some translation, however. I don't think it would be the default because of the dependencies (unless someone has a small embedded latex unless I am aware of). An alternative may be to translate something like this to Qt: http://www.mathjax.org/ It looks very similar to latex and may be close enough. Jeremy ___ Veusz-discuss mailing list Veusz-discuss@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/veusz-discuss
Re: [Veusz-discuss] Latex in Veusz
> > Hi George, >It's as you've guessed: Veusz does not actually use LaTeX for > typesetting, it only emulates the syntax. All of the text layout > is done internally, and Qt provides the font rendering. If you want > a true exact match for LaTeX text rendering, Veusz is not currently > the tool for you. Veusz is more like Matlab with Interpreter='tex' than > with Interpreter='latex'. > > Regards, Hi Benjamin, Thanks a lot for your reply. Even if it doesn't have that functionality Veusz is still a really nice program and I will probably be using it for some purposes. I was just thinking of suggesting that if it is in line with your future development goals and is practically possible, it would be nice to implement true Latex fonts in future releases. But even without it is a very nice tool! Best wishes, George ___ Veusz-discuss mailing list Veusz-discuss@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/veusz-discuss
Re: [Veusz-discuss] Latex in Veusz
On 10/28/2011 7:14 AM, George wrote: [snip] Then I discovered Veusz and basically realized that this is what I was envisioning when I started working on my GUI. The only issue which I am having with it is that I cannot get the text (for example axes labels) to have true Latex look. I chose cmr10 font (which I assume means Computer Modern Roman, which is what Latex uses by default, However if I type \mu as a axis label, that \mu does not appear to be the same as in Latex. So I'm wondering whether I am doing something wrong, or whether the text rendering in Veusz is not really done by Latex, although the syntax is Latex-like? Is there currently any way to make the text in a Veusz plot to look exactly the same as the text in a Latex document? Hi George, It's as you've guessed: Veusz does not actually use LaTeX for typesetting, it only emulates the syntax. All of the text layout is done internally, and Qt provides the font rendering. If you want a true exact match for LaTeX text rendering, Veusz is not currently the tool for you. Veusz is more like Matlab with Interpreter='tex' than with Interpreter='latex'. Regards, -- BKS ___ Veusz-discuss mailing list Veusz-discuss@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/veusz-discuss
[Veusz-discuss] Latex in Veusz
Hello, First, thanks a lot to all the people involved in the development of Veusz! I just discovered it recently and it looks like a really amazing program. I used to use Matlab a lot back in the days, however its prohibitively high price put an end to that. Some time ago I switched to python, numpy and matplotlib which produces amazing plots however I got tired of editing python scripts all the time, so I started writing a GUI for matplotlib (well for a very small subset of what matplotlib can do). On of the main motivation for me to use matplotlib is that you can use Latex for the text rendering, which means that once you have the plots ready, the fonts used in them look exactly the same way as the main text in the Latex document they are in. Then I discovered Veusz and basically realized that this is what I was envisioning when I started working on my GUI. The only issue which I am having with it is that I cannot get the text (for example axes labels) to have true Latex look. I chose cmr10 font (which I assume means Computer Modern Roman, which is what Latex uses by default, However if I type \mu as a axis label, that \mu does not appear to be the same as in Latex. So I'm wondering whether I am doing something wrong, or whether the text rendering in Veusz is not really done by Latex, although the syntax is Latex-like? Is there currently any way to make the text in a Veusz plot to look exactly the same as the text in a Latex document? Thanks a lot in advance and congratulations once again for the program you've written. Regards, George ___ Veusz-discuss mailing list Veusz-discuss@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/veusz-discuss
