# HG changeset patch # User Rik # Date 1403123032 25200 # Node ID 77d5e7661b8ed521fefea126a2f3f811a90b673d # Parent e6a4fa91a2f157c1d7824adbbe17e75ff988b4e5 doc: Update wording on using TeX interpreter in plotting. * plot.txi: Update the wording of the section on the TeX interpreter. diff -r e6a4fa91a2f1 -r 77d5e7661b8e doc/interpreter/plot.txi --- a/doc/interpreter/plot.txi Tue Jun 17 23:38:49 2014 -0400 +++ b/doc/interpreter/plot.txi Wed Jun 18 13:23:52 2014 -0700 @@ -593,21 +593,21 @@ @node Use of the @code{interpreter} Property @subsection Use of the @code{interpreter} Property -All text objects, including titles, labels, legends, and text, include -the property @qcode{"interpreter"}, this property determines the manner in which -special control sequences in the text are rendered. If the interpreter -is set to @qcode{"none"}, then no rendering occurs. At this point the -@qcode{"latex"} option is not implemented and so the @qcode{"latex"} -interpreter also does not interpret the text. - -The @qcode{"tex"} option implements a subset of @TeX{} functionality in the -rendering of the text. This allows the insertion of special characters -such as Greek or mathematical symbols within the text. The special -characters are also inserted with a code starting with the backslash -(\) character, as in the table @ref{tab:extended}. +All text objects---such as titles, labels, legends, and text---include +the property @qcode{"interpreter"}, this property determines the manner in +which special control sequences in the text are rendered. If the interpreter +is set to @qcode{"none"}, then no rendering occurs. Currently the +@qcode{"latex"} interpreter is not implemented and is equivalent to +@qcode{"none"}. + +The @qcode{"tex"} option implements a subset of @TeX{} functionality when +rendering text. This allows the insertion of special glyphs such as Greek +characters or mathematical symbols. The special characters are inserted with +a code following a backslash (\) character, as in the table +@ref{tab:extended}. In addition, the formatting of the text can be changed within the string -with the codes +by using the codes @multitable @columnfractions .2 .2 .6 .2 @item @tab \bf @tab Bold font @tab @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ @item @tab \rm @tab Normal font @tab @end multitable -These are be used in conjunction with the @{ and @} characters to limit +These may be used in conjunction with the @{ and @} characters to limit the change in the font to part of the string. For example, @example @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ use @tab @end multitable -Finally, the superscript and subscripting can be controlled with the @qcode{'^'} +Finally, superscripting and subscripting can be controlled with the @qcode{'^'} and @qcode{'_'} characters. If the @qcode{'^'} or @qcode{'_'} is followed by a @{ character, then all of the block surrounded by the @{ @} pair is super- or sub-scripted. Without the @{ @} pair, only the character immediately following