From: us on
"Steven Lord"
> When you type the following, what do you see for the Interpreter property?
> h = xlabel('\pi');
> get(h)
> If it's not the string 'tex' then change it.

minute add-on:

get(h)
% should have read
get(h,'interpreter')

us
From: Camil Hamel on
"Steven Lord" <slord(a)mathworks.com> wrote in message <htmnqq$l9u$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
>
> "Salvatore " <vitale(a)lptl.jussieu.fr> wrote in message
> news:htmdft$l2$1(a)fred.mathworks.com...
> > Sorry, I dropped out a part of my post.
> >
> > So, I've the same problem on Matlab 2009b running on a 64 bit Fedora pc.
> > If I use commands like
> >
> > xlabel('\pi')
> >
> > in the plot I see a little p, and not the greek letter.
> > I've googled a lot, without any solutions.
> > Are there idea?
>
> When you type the following, what do you see for the Interpreter property?
>
> h = xlabel('\pi');
> get(h)
>
> If it's not the string 'tex' then change it.
>
> set(h, 'Interpreter', 'tex')
>
> If that allows the xlabel to be rendered as the pi symbol, you need to
> determine where you've changed the default setting (at the axes, figure, or
> root level.)
>
> http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/creating_plots/f7-21465.html
>
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I have the same problem using Fedora. I checked what you said about the interpreter setting. It was 'tex'. Still doen't work.
From: Salvatore on
"us " <us(a)neurol.unizh.ch> wrote in message <htmo9e$k9b$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Steven Lord"
> > When you type the following, what do you see for the Interpreter property?
> > h = xlabel('\pi');
> > get(h)
> > If it's not the string 'tex' then change it.
>
> minute add-on:
>
> get(h)
> % should have read
> get(h,'interpreter')
>
> us

Hi

thanks all for the replies.
I get tex as interpreter.