Re: TR: greek letters

[Jean Bréfort <jean brefort normalesup org>]

Le vendredi 16 janvier 2009 à 12:02 +0100, Mathieu Trocme a écrit :
> Hi there, 
>
> Here's the answer I got yesterday about how to include greek letters :
> > > "[Use] Ctrl-Shift-u + hex.  It is only likely to work in the edit line,
> not the cells themselves.  
> > > It requires the "Default" input method.  Right-click in the edit line and
> select that if it is not already set. You should see an underlines "u"
> during this process.
> This works perfectly under windows within the cells (double click) and in
> axis titles. 
> (If you don't have a numeric pad, keep the shift key down after pressing
> Ctrl-Shift-u)
> Thanks to Andreas J. Guelzow and Morten Welinder. 
>
> But let's go a bit further...
> What I'd ultimately like to get is a plot with "complex" latex-like axis
> titles e.g. \frac{}{}, \sqrt{}, ... 
> I currently see 2 ways that could be investigated to achieve this :
> 1- Allow the user to use latex keywords inside the axis titles (e.g.
> \L{$\alpha$}). This would require some latex processing just after the user
> has chosen to save his plot as an image. 
> 2- (Easier) Add a new "save as" image type, e.g. xfig (www.xfig.org) or
> something similar, that would allow the user doing the change he wants a
> posteriori !
>
> What do you think ?

The solution might be to use gmathml in the future. This is on my todo
list (if nobody else does it before me).

Regards,
Jean