Problem using TeX

Hello,

I try to use LaTeX in my plot. I follow the instructions from http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/UsingTex

florian@...615...:~> cat .matplotlib/matplotlibrc
text.usetex : true

My plotting code looks like:

Ma = arange(1.0, 5.0, 0.01)
Ts = [T(i) for i in Ma] # BTW: Is there a way to spare this line?
plot(Ma, Ts, label=r'/frac{T2}{T1}')

Running the script gives:

python Stossverlauf.py --verbose-helpful

$HOME=/home/florian
CONFIGDIR=/home/florian/.matplotlib
matplotlib data path /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data
loaded rc file /home/florian/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc
matplotlib version 0.99.1.1
verbose.level helpful
interactive is False
units is False
platform is linux2
Using fontManager instance from /home/florian/.matplotlib/fontList.cache
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pytz/tzinfo.py:5: DeprecationWarning: the sets module is deprecated
  from sets import Set
backend Agg version v2.2

and that's all, no plot window appears, the script is finished. If I remove the matplotlibrc everything works fine (of course no LaTeX).
I think all the necessary programs are in place:

florian@...615...:~> which latex
/usr/local/bin/latex
florian@...615...:~> which dvipng
/usr/local/bin/dvipng
florian@...615...:~> which gs
/usr/bin/gs

Any idea what could be wrong?

Thanks,

Florian

Florian Lindner wrote:

Hello,

I try to use LaTeX in my plot....

florian@...615...:~> cat .matplotlib/matplotlibrc
text.usetex : true

My plotting code looks like:

Ma = arange(1.0, 5.0, 0.01)
Ts = [T(i) for i in Ma] # BTW: Is there a way to spare this line?

not sure what T is. you could try T(Ma); you can do that of course also
directly in the plot command

plot(Ma, Ts, label=r'/frac{T2}{T1}')

should be backslash and math mode:
plot(Ma, Ts, label=r'\\frac\{T2\}\{T1\}')
legend()
show()

and that's all, no plot window appears, the script is finished.

you did not show() !

best,
sebastian.

Florian Lindner wrote:

Hello,

I try to use LaTeX in my plot. I follow the instructions from http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/UsingTex

florian@...615...:~> cat .matplotlib/matplotlibrc
text.usetex : true

My plotting code looks like:

Ma = arange(1.0, 5.0, 0.01)
Ts = [T(i) for i in Ma] # BTW: Is there a way to spare this line?
plot(Ma, Ts, label=r'/frac{T2}{T1}')

Running the script gives:

python Stossverlauf.py --verbose-helpful

$HOME=/home/florian
CONFIGDIR=/home/florian/.matplotlib
matplotlib data path /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data
loaded rc file /home/florian/.matplotlib/matplotlibrc
matplotlib version 0.99.1.1
verbose.level helpful
interactive is False
units is False
platform is linux2
Using fontManager instance from /home/florian/.matplotlib/fontList.cache
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pytz/tzinfo.py:5: DeprecationWarning: the sets module is deprecated
  from sets import Set
backend Agg version v2.2

and that's all, no plot window appears, the script is finished. If I remove the matplotlibrc everything works fine (of course no LaTeX).
I think all the necessary programs are in place:

florian@...615...:~> which latex
/usr/local/bin/latex
florian@...615...:~> which dvipng
/usr/local/bin/dvipng
florian@...615...:~> which gs
/usr/bin/gs

Any idea what could be wrong?

In addition to Sebastian's points, make sure your matplotlibrc is specifying an interactive backend (e.g. gtkagg, tkagg, wxagg, qt4agg) if you want the plot to appear on the screen.

Eric

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Thanks,

Florian

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Florian Lindner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I try to use LaTeX in my plot....
>
> florian@...615...:~> cat .matplotlib/matplotlibrc
> text.usetex : true
>
> My plotting code looks like:
>
> Ma = arange(1.0, 5.0, 0.01)
> Ts = [T(i) for i in Ma] # BTW: Is there a way to spare this line?
not sure what T is. you could try T(Ma); you can do that of course also
directly in the plot command

T is a python function:

def T(Ma):
    fp = fluidproperties.IdealGas()
    fp.Ma = Ma
    return NormalShock(fp).fp_out().T / fp.

plot(Ma, T(Ma), label=r'\\frac\{T2\}\{T1\}') does not work. The plot window appears, but no plot.

> plot(Ma, Ts, label=r'/frac{T2}{T1}')
should be backslash and math mode:

plot(Ma, Ts, label=r'\\frac\{T2\}\{T1\}')
legend()
show()

> and that's all, no plot window appears, the script is finished.

you did not show() !

Actually I did it. I stripped the code before pasting it here, my fault. But not it works, thanks!

Florian

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Am Freitag, 29. Januar 2010 21:00:04 schrieb Sebastian Busch: