On Monday 21 August 2006 02:27, Jouni K Seppanen wrote: > Darren Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sunday 20 August 2006 10:25 am, Edin Salković wrote: > >> Also, I thought that the author of the current code base did some > >> design mistakes at the begining. And, being a developer newbie, > >> it's a lot easier to start things from scratch, than make fixes to > >> old stuff you don't understand well. > > > > Just a general comment. Eric Raymond observed in The Cathedral and > > the Bazaar that "Good programmers know what to write. Great ones > > know what to rewrite (and reuse)." > > See also: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html > > >> The point is that, i.e. \cal sets the current fontface to "cal", > >> and the change is propagated till the end of the current scope (or > >> untill it hits \rm, for example). Old mathtext applies it only to > >> the first item after the command. > > > > What does this have to do with real TeX? Maybe you could post an > > example. It is possibly just an mpl bug that needs to be addressed. > > Run the attached file through LaTeX to see what he means. Does > Matplotlib attempt to replicate some subset of (La)TeX syntax exactly, > or is it just a "TeX-like" syntax?
I think what he meant to say was that old mathtext didnt behave the way TeX does, is that correct Edin? My feeling is that mpl should replicate the (La)TeX syntax exactly. Imagine the confusion if mathtext gives one result, and usetex gives another. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
