Re: unable to get symbols in plot labels

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 20, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Barry Wissman wrote:

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> From: Ben Abbott [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: unable to get symbols in plot labels
> 
>> On Jun 20, 2012, at 3:43 PM, bwissman wrote:
>> 
>>> The command: xlabel('\lambda (nm)'); results in \lambda (nm) being
>> displayed on my plot instead of the desired symbol. I am running version
>> 3.6.1. Typing the command available_graphics_toolkits results in { [1,1] =
>> fltk [1,2] = gnuplot} What am I missing? 
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>> 
>> Please type "graphics_toolkit" to determine which toolkit you are using.
>> 
>> Symbols are not yet available for the fltk toolkit.
>> 
>> For the gnuplot toolkit, you need set the xlabel interpreter to "tex".
>> 
>>      xlabel ('\lambda (nm)', 'interpreter', 'tex')
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
> 
> Ben,
> Thanks for your fast response, but I still get the same result. 
> 
> The command "graphics_toolkit" returns "fltk". Would switching to gnuplot
> solve this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Barry

Yes. Like I said, the fltk toolkit does not support symbols. You'll need to us 
the fltk toolkit.

Ben