Re: Unable to include Tex symbols within a plot

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 28, 2012, at 3:42 PM, Michael Krause wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 27, 2012, at 8:06 PM, seektime wrote:
>> 
>>> I have the same problem (using Tex-Live, though) with Octave 3.6.1 (mingw) 
>>> on
>>> Win XP. Oddly, using Octave 3.4.2 on Debian linux the same code interprets
>>> latex code just fine.
>> 
>> Octave does not use a TeX or LaTeX engine.  Thus, its behavior is 
>> independent of where TeX-Live is installed or not.
>> 
>> We are eager for new volunteers to work on this feature.
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> I really like Octave and are interested in contributing to it. My time
> is limited, though. What would adding a latex feature entail? I'm
> willing to learn.
> 
> Michael

There isn't a plan in place.  The first step would be to propose a technical 
approach that is feasible.  It would be necessary that the approach works for 
ps, eps, bitmapped, and displayed results.

This sort of planning is beyond my abilities. So I won't be of much help.  
There are others on the maintainers/developers mail list who would have more 
insight.

Ben