Re: octave -> gnuplot -> latex in labels HOWTO ?

[Paul Kienzle]

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
> >
> >
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