Thread: [Matplotlib-users] latex ' (prime)

Observe the following image:

import pylab
pylab.plot([0,1],[1,2],label="$\sigma'_0$")
pylab.legend()
pylab.savefig('test.png')


Notice that the \prime introduced by the single quote in the legend is 
not raised above the \sigma, like it would be in TeX (i.e., in TeX, 
$\sigma'_0$ is equivalent to $\sigma^\prime_0$, IIRC).  Is this a design 
decision, or is it easy to fix?  This is with matplotlib 1.0.0.

Thanks,

Jason

Observe the following image:

import pylab
pylab.plot([0,1],[1,2],label="$\sigma'_0$")
pylab.legend()
pylab.savefig('test.png')


Notice that the \prime introduced by the single quote in the legend is 
not raised above the \sigma, like it would be in TeX (i.e., in TeX, 
$\sigma'_0$ is equivalent to $\sigma^\prime_0$, IIRC).  Is this a design 
decision, or is it easy to fix?  This is with matplotlib 1.0.0.

Thanks,

Jason

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Jason Grout
<jas...@cr...> wrote:
> Observe the following image:
>
> import pylab
> pylab.plot([0,1],[1,2],label="$\sigma'_0$")
> pylab.legend()
> pylab.savefig('test.png')
>
>
> Notice that the \prime introduced by the single quote in the legend is
> not raised above the \sigma, like it would be in TeX (i.e., in TeX,
> $\sigma'_0$ is equivalent to $\sigma^\prime_0$, IIRC).  Is this a design
> decision, or is it easy to fix?

Did you try:

pylab.plot([0,1],[1,2],label="$\sigma^\prime_0$")

?

On 2/1/11 11:40 AM, Darren Dale wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Jason Grout
> <jas...@cr...>  wrote:
>> Observe the following image:
>>
>> import pylab
>> pylab.plot([0,1],[1,2],label="$\sigma'_0$")
>> pylab.legend()
>> pylab.savefig('test.png')
>>
>>
>> Notice that the \prime introduced by the single quote in the legend is
>> not raised above the \sigma, like it would be in TeX (i.e., in TeX,
>> $\sigma'_0$ is equivalent to $\sigma^\prime_0$, IIRC).  Is this a design
>> decision, or is it easy to fix?
>
> Did you try:
>
> pylab.plot([0,1],[1,2],label="$\sigma^\prime_0$")

Yes, both that and

pylab.plot([0,1],[1,2],label="$\sigma^'_0$")

work fine.  So we know a (somewhat clumsy) workaround.

Jason