[Matplotlib-users] Details regarding TeX interpreter for different backends

2011-08-26 Thread Ole Jacob Hagen
Hi, I'm about to implement a TeX interpreter for the graphical backend to GNU Octave (http://www.octave.org). The rendering is in OpenGL context. As I understand it, matplotlib doesn't use OpenGL at all? Could you tell me about the design and work flow for the Tex/Latex interpreter and rendering

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Details regarding TeX interpreter for different backends

2011-08-26 Thread Michael Droettboom
On 08/26/2011 02:32 AM, Ole Jacob Hagen wrote: Hi, I'm about to implement a TeX interpreter for the graphical backend to GNU Octave (http://www.octave.org). The rendering is in OpenGL context. As I understand it, matplotlib doesn't use OpenGL at all? Not at present -- though various people

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Details regarding TeX interpreter for different backends

2011-08-26 Thread Jouni K . Seppänen
Michael Droettboom md...@stsci.edu writes: The other approach is used when text.usetex is True. It calls out to a real tex interpreter and then interprets the DVI it produces to convert it into a form the matplotlib backends can use. Since I didn't write this code, I'm not as familiar with