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Hi,
Is there some way to add support for latex symbols as markers?
I think it would be an extension of the current methods for plotting
markers- since I dont think all the color, edge, line style etc
properties would be relevant (or even possible). However, it would
allow arbitrary symbols (at least whatever latex can do) to be used,
which would be really useful.
The current marker set is fine for most simple plots- but when there
are a few different symbols it quickly becomes tricky to find a set
which can easily be distinguished from each other. The other problem
is that when preparing a graph for publication, it is occasionally
necessary to be able to refer to or quote the symbols in the caption
or the main text- and latex symbols in the graphs would make this look
a bit better.
I've had a quick look at how the marker symbols are implemented, and
it is my impression that it would be reasonably hard to implement a
new symbol of choice. On the other hand, since I am already using
latex to produce all the text in the graph, it seems it should be
fairly straightforward (with some careful attention to the
positioning...) to use the same text-drawing code which is used for
the legend, axes labels etc, to put the markers on the plot.
Is there any interest in this?
thanks,
tcb