[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #35918] Inconsistent interpretation of "\[" and "\]" in TeX strings

[Burkart Lingner]

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                 Summary: Inconsistent interpretation of "\[" and "\]" in TeX
strings
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: burkart
            Submitted on: Tue 20 Mar 2012 08:01:43 PM GMT
                Category: Plotting with gnuplot
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.6.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Whether "\[" and "\]" in a TeX string is displayed as "[" and "]" or as "\["
and "\]", respectively, depends on what else there is in the string. Example:


axes
title('\[\] x^2')
xlabel('\[\] \alpha')


yields "[] x²" and "[] (a)" whereas


axes
title('\[\] x2')
xlabel('\[\] alpha')


yields "\[\] x2" and "\[\] alpha". So whether square brackets with a backslash
in front of them are interpreted as escaped square brackets depends on whether
the rest of the string contains specific TeX code or not.

MATLAB expects square brackets to be un-escaped and prints a warning message
if it encounters "\[" or "\]" in TeX strings.




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