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Text Formatting with TexToIDL [message #47580]

Wed, 15 February 2006 14:09

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Folks,

Here is a straightforward string using TexToIDL:

IDL> xyouts, 0.5, 0.5, charsize=2.5, align=0.5, /normal, $
textoidl(' \lambda_{1} (nm)')
IDL> Print, textoidl(' \lambda_{1} (nm)')
!7k!X!D1!N (nm)

Just what I want. But...I want it in object graphics:

IDL> string = textoidl(' \lambda_{1} (nm)')
IDL> text = obj_new('idlgrtext', string, ENABLE_FORMATTING=1)
IDL> xobjview, text

NOT what I want. :-(

What good is it to enable formatting if I'm going to get something
completely different!?

Any ideas?

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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