From help-request at octave dot org Tue Jan 25 07:20:38 2005 Subject: Re: octave -> gnuplot -> latex in labels HOWTO ? From: Paul Kienzle To: Matt Flax Cc: octave help mailing list Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:24:43 -0500 Matplotlib is an excellent 2D graph package for python. Some of the screenshots contain math markup. Long term this solution could replace gnuplot, except that it doesn't do 3D. - Paul On Jan 25, 2005, at 5:40 AM, Matt Flax wrote: > Firstly hello, > > thanks everybody who offered help. > > It seems that the most straight forward approach is to do the following > : > a] run octave and make a plot. > b] save the plot as a figure > it is important to set the fig term like so : > gset term fig textspecial > > c] run fig2ps on the output file : > fig2ps homepage : http://fig2ps.sourceforge.net/ > fig2ps fileName.fig > should spit out fileName.ps > > d] view the output ps ... it should have latex style formatting in it. > > the resulting ps image does not suffer from aliasing and scales nicely. > > I have tried several conversion scripts and the one specified above > works very nicely, including complete cropping of the output ps file. > > thanks > Matt > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 09:16:44AM -0800, Jonathan Stickel wrote: >> Simple subscript and superscript commands ("_" or "^") do work >> automatically with the eps gnuplot terminal. For more advanced >> latex, I >> use the xfig terminal, and then use "figfrag": >> >> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/figfrag/?action=/tex- >> archive/graphics/ >> >> figfrag converts xfig files to eps, processing all the latex commands. >> I had to patch figfrag to use epstool for bounding box correction, so >> let me know if you want the patch. Also, I've found I have to open up >> the xfig file and resave it; for some reason figfrag doesn't like the >> xfig file output by gnuplot. Oh, and there is also the program >> "fig2ps" >> that does nearly the same thing; I just happen to like figfrag better. >> >> HTH, >> Jonathan >> >> >> Matt Flax wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I would like some math formatting inserted into my wordprocessor >>> Figure >>> x/y labels. >>> >>> I would like to put some formatting in my xlabels ... something like >>> : >>> gset xlabel '$\\gamma h_2$' >>> Which when viewed through the word processor should be printed as the >>> Greek letter Gamma and an 'h' with a '2' as subscript. >>> >>> Does anyone out there have PERSONAL examples of how to put latex into >>> the labels of plots .... and then import to latex or preferably LyX ? >>> >>> Normally LyX allows you to export it as a simple .fig file which gets >>> converted on the fly , however the labels don't seem to enter the >>> tex or >>> lyx math modes ... >>> >>> thanks >>> Matt >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. >> >> Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org >> How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html >> Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html >> ------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > http://www.flatmax.org > > MFFM Bit Stream : > http://sourceforge.net/projects/mffmbitstream/ > Other Projects : > http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=mffm > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. > > Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org > How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html > Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------