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From: db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Label problem
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 09:17:30 +0100
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On 22.02.2024 09.19, Jörg Buchholz wrote:
> On 21.02.2024 13:25, db wrote:
>> On 21.02.2024 07.13, Jörg Buchholz wrote:
>>> On 20.02.2024 16:08, db wrote:
>>>> On 20.02.2024 09.01, Jörg Buchholz wrote:
>>>>> On 19.02.2024 14:11, db wrote:
>>>>>> On 18.02.2024 23.00, Karl Ratzsch wrote:
>>>>>>> Symbol fonts? This is the year 2024, use utf8.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Karl
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 18.02.2024 um 14:54 schrieb db:
>>>>>>>> I am trying to get a ylabel like the LaTeX form
>>>>>>>> $i\sqrt{\tau}$. Without the i it's easy, '{/Symbol \326
>>>>>>>> \164}' but as soon as introduce the i it goes haywire.
>>>>>>>> How do get that label? I am plotting into postscript enh
>>>>>>>> eps.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you expand on that? What should I do in a gnuplot
>>>>>> script?
>>>>>
>>>>> set ylabel "{/:Italic {i \U+221A \U+0305\U+03C4}}"
>>>>>
>>>>> That looks similar to the LaTex output.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jörg
>>>> Tried that, no good. I must bemissing something. Here is a
>>>> mini-example
>>>>
>>>> gnuplot << eoi set term postscript enh eps 24 set output
>>>> 'mini.eps' set xlabel "x" #set ylabel '{/Symbol i \326 \164}'
>>>> norotate  --- no good #set ylabel '{i /Symbol \326 \164}'
>>>> norotate  --- no good set ylabel "{/:Italic {i \U+221A
>>>> \U+0305\U+03C4}}" plot x*sqrt(x) w p pt 7 quit eoi gv mini.eps
>>>>
>>>> What am I missing?-- Dieter Britz
>>>>
>>> Use term epscairo instead of eps. The problem is to realise the
>>> "topline" of the square root. So it can be better only use: set
>>> ylabel "{/:Italic {i \U+221A \U+03C4}}"
>>>
>>> Jörg
>>>
>>>
>> That only turns the plot on its side, but still the same garbled y
>> label.
> 
> Don't know what the problem on your machine is. Here, tested on WIN10
> and Linux, the following looks good.
> WIN and Linux with gnuplot 5.4.8
> 
> set term epscairo
> set output 'mini.eps'
> set xlabel "x"
> set ylabel "{/:Italic {i \U+221A\U+03C4}}"
> set arrow 1 from screen 0.0145,0.56 rto screen 0.0,0.025 nohead
> plot x*sqrt(x) w p pt 7
> set out
> 
> 
> Jörg
That doesn't work either, see the result here
www.dieterbritz.dk/mini.eps

Is there any way I can use LaTeX notation?
-- 
Dieter Britz