| Re: New Lib (TeXtoIDL): Easy Greek letters in IDL [message #6573] |
Fri, 12 July 1996 00:00 |
rosentha
Messages: 23
Registered: November 1994
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On 11 Jul 1996 00:38:30 GMT, matt craig <mcraig@fornax> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have written a set of IDL functions to make Greek letters, special
> symbols, and sub/superscripts easier to use in IDL. The routines
> translate a string written in the TeX typesetting notation to a string
> in IDL format. The TeX notation is MUCH easier to remember. An
> excerpt from the README is below. Also in the README, though not
> included below, is an introduction to TeX notation for those not
> familiar with it.
>
> From the TeXtoIDL README:
>
> PURPOSE:
> The purpose of the TeXtoIDL routines is to make it simple to use Greek
> letters, subscripts and superscripts in making labels for plots in
> IDL. This is accomplished by allowing the user to use TeX control
> sequences for Greek letters and special symbols and for
> sub/superscripts. The TeX control sequences are simple and easy to
> remember, especially if you already use TeX for writing papers (for
> those unfamiliar with TeX, an explanation of that notation is below).
> The translation is done for either vector or PostScript fonts.
>
> EXAMPLE:
> If you type. . .
> IDL> str = TeXtoIDL("\rho^2 + 2\Gamma_{ij}")
> IDL> print, str
> STR STRING = '!7q!X!U2!N + 2!7C!X!Dij!N'
> IDL> xyouts,.5,.5,str,CHARSIZE=2.,/NORM
>
> then on the screen you will see the Greek letter rho with a 2 in the
> exponent, and then a + and then a 2 and then the uppercase Greek
> letter gamma, with an "ij" in the subscript.
>
> The library is available at:
>
> ftp://coma.berkeley.edu/pub/mcraig/idl/TeXtoIDL/
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