You need to escape the [: mpl_pp.xlabel(r"$\[$")
[] and {} have special meanings in math syntax, so to use them "literally", they need to be escaped. Cheers, Mike Matthias Michler wrote: > Hello list, > > the little example below leads to an error on my system (output is attached). > I used this some time ago and it worked. Now I'm using the release 0.91.2. > Is there a reason to use rectangular brackets not in mathtext? > (same problem occur with '{' for me.) > > best regards and thanks in advance for any help, > Matthias > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > import matplotlib.pyplot as mpl_pp > mpl_pp.axes() > mpl_pp.xlabel("$[$") > mpl_pp.show() > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users