Hi Rene, For me it's not a major issue. As long as people are aware of it it is no problem at all. However, #DeltaE is not consistent with the standard Latex syntax. Cheers, Nick. Rene Brun wrote: > > Hi Nick, > > With the current implementation, if you just want to get a Delta followed by an > E without a white space, you simply give the string #DeltaE > I do not agree with your proposal with the $. I am waiting more comments > on this TLatex topic. > > Rene Brun > > Nick van Eijndhoven wrote: > > > > Hi Rene, > > The problem probably is that in Latex one types $\Delta E$ which > > gives a Delta followed by an E without spaces in between. > > In ROOT it seems to me that #Delta E is interpreted as $\Delta$ E > > where there is a space in between the Delta and the E. > > A solution could be to adopt also the $..$ notation in ROOT to > > switch to 'formula mode'. This would mean in the above case > > entering the text as $#Delta E$ would give a Delta followed by > > an E without a space in between. > > As far as I can see this would mean no change to the ROOT functionality > > but only an extension to the TLatex class. > > > > Cheers, > > Nick. > > > > Rene Brun wrote: > > > > > > HI Yannick, > > > In the current implementation of TLatex, the greek symbols are directly > > > replaced by their graphical representation. You can perfectly give #DeltaE > > > and not #Delta{E}. Greek letters are not considered to be operators with > > > an argument. Since this would be an important change in the class, I would > > > appreciate getting more feedback on this subject. May be somebody should > > > cross-check the latex compatibility for all functions of TLatex. > > > > > > Rene Brun > > > > > > Patois Yannick wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I used TLatex to label an axis and I'm surprised by the result. > > > > I wanted to display {\Delta}E. > > > > > > > > I tried : > > > > "#Delta E" -> Gives \Delta~E (there is a space) > > > > "{#Delta}E" -> Gives \{\Delta\}E (brackets are draw) > > > > "#Delta{E}" -> Gives \Delta\{E} (brackets are draw) > > > > "#DeltaE" -> Gives the good result, but in latex, \DeltaE wouldnt > > > > compile > > > > > > > > If the goal is (as it seems) to mimic as much as possible LaTeX syntax, > > > > this could be enhanced on this point. > > > > > > > > Yannick > > > > > > > > -- > > > > _/ Yannick Patois _________________ Address (home) __________________ > > > > | irc(undernet): Garp on #france25+ | La Villa des Sciences | > > > > | email : patois@ganil.fr | 12, avenue de Cambridge | > > > > | http://garp.feelingsurfer.net/ | 14200 Herouville-Saint-Clair | > > > > | Tel/Fax-home:+33 (0)2 31 94 50 32 | FRANCE |
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