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Re: Maths symbols

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From Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de>
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Subject Re: Maths symbols
Date Wed, 18 Jan 2023 07:16:48 +0100
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On 17.01.2023 21:01, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
> Am 17.01.2023 um 17:04 schrieb db:
>> What is the best way to get maths symbols in gnuplot? I currently
>> want the square root symbol. \sqrt{..} doesn't work.
> 
> There cannot be a single "best" way like that.  The variety of output
> formats is a good deal to big for that.
> 
> \sqrt could work just fine if your output is TeX-based.  Other formats
> may fare better with literal sqrt characters in the command, e.g. using
> UTF-8 input and text storage methods.

from gnuplot 5.4 up you can use the direct unicode input.

<https://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_5.4/unicode.html>

set label '\U+221A'

Jörg

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Maths symbols db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2023-01-17 17:04 +0100
  Re: Maths symbols Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2023-01-17 21:01 +0100
    Re: Maths symbols Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2023-01-18 07:16 +0100
  Re: Maths symbols db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2023-01-25 14:50 +0100
    Re: Maths symbols Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2023-01-26 07:20 +0100
      Re: Maths symbols db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2023-01-27 13:05 +0100

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