Text.{get,set}_usetex: manually enable/disable TeX #3925
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- defaults to rcParams['text.usetex']
- useful for, e.g, timestamps for Animations on machines with slow TeX
rendering
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Seems fine to me. This needs a test and a what's new entry. |
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Interesting, this is a late binding default look up rather than an early-binding (like color)..... @mdboom I remember we talked about this, and that you convinced me that this was a good idea, but I don't remember why. |
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@tacaswell: I remember the discussion in question, but don't quite remember how I arrived at my conclusion either. The current behavior of late binding is helpful for running one way interactively and another way for producing hard copy, I suppose. In any event, I think this change is fine and it doesn't look like it changes existing behavior, which is a plus. |
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@duncanmmacleod Can you add an entry in https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/tree/master/doc/users/whats_new to advertise this new feature? |
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@tacaswell, yes I can - sorry guys, I've been travelling back to the UK for the holidays, will try and get things finished before the New Year. |
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@duncanmmacleod Would you be offended if I just went ahead and did it? |
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@tacaswell, not at all. |
ENH : artist-level usetex control
On some machines with slow TeX rendering, it might be useful to be able to disable usetex for specific
matplotlib.text.Textobjects.My specific use-case is running a live data Animation on a slow, old machine, with TeX rendering for all labels and ticks, but disabling it for the time-stamp that updates every second - meaning dvipng isn't getting called continuously. Might be useful in other cases.