Setting default Interpreter to Latex

In previous versions of MATLAB, the command

set(0,'defaulttextInterpreter','latex') %latex axis labels

set the interpreter for the text command, the xlabel command, and so on, to Latex. This does not work in 2015a. Is there an alternative way to set the default interpreter to Latex for all graphics objects. Thank you.

Answer 1

[Chibuzo Nnonyelu]

MATLAB changed some object properties name. For this issue, the following will work

set(groot, 'defaultAxesTickLabelInterpreter','latex'); set(groot, 'defaultLegendInterpreter','latex');

I think Legend didn't change. You can still replace the 'groot' with '0' as usual. To be able to set other default object properties, check out

get(groot, 'factory'); % this shows all the factory values for all object properties. get(groot, 'default'); % fetches only default values you have altered.

So you can use the "get(groot, 'factory');" to see all possible object property and change their default values by removing the "factory" prefix and replace with "default". Of course you use the set() function to change and get() function to fetch. Let me if this helped.

[Fred]

Yes, this seems to solve the problem. Thank you very much.

[Vairavan AV]

Yes, I could fix the problem! Thank you very much!

But, do we need to use set(groot, 'factory'), to set it back when we don't need this?

Answer 2

[Max Bartholdt]

clear all
% This script changes all interpreters from tex to latex. 

list_factory = fieldnames(get(groot,'factory'));
index_interpreter = find(contains(list_factory,'Interpreter'));

for i = 1:length(index_interpreter)
    default_name = strrep(list_factory{index_interpreter(i)},'factory','default');
    set(groot, default_name,'latex');
end

[Aryan Ritwajeet Jha]

Thanks.

Answer 3

[Ganesh Gaonkar]

I think the command should work even on R2015a. Looks like you have missed making 'text' as CamelCase. So ideally the command should be : set(0,'defaultTextInterpreter','latex');

[Fred]

Unfortunately, the command that you suggested still does not work.

[Ganesh Gaonkar]

It seems to be working for me. What error you receive when you try to execute that command?

[Fred]

Here is some bare minimum code

close all
set(0,'defaultTextInterpreter','latex'); %trying to set the default
xlabel('$x$') %xlabel is $x$
figure; %try a new figure
xlabel('$x$','interpreter','latex') %now xlabel is x in math font

Answer 4

[Cael Warner]

Also, to go back to the default formatting, replace 'latex' with 'none'

[Johirul Islam]

Thanks!

Answer 5

[beginner94]

It does not work for me either and I need to define an overlined variable (in R2007b).

Thanks for help

[Steven Lord]

Search the documentation included in your installation (and not the online documentation, which is for a release more than ten years newer than the one you're using) for the three words "default property values" and follow the instructions on the first page in the search results.

[beginner94]

I don't know how to define an overlined variable with latex (the syntax), even if I set the default interpreter to latex... I'm not looking for an overlined label. Is it actually possible to overline a variable?!

[Steven Lord]

You mean you want to define a variable whose name is \bar{x}, using the LaTeX notation? No, that is not allowed. The rules for valid variable names are given in the documentation for the isvarname function:

• A valid variable name must begin with a letter.
• A valid variable name may has no more than namelengthmax characters.
• A valid variable name may contain only letters, digits, and/or the underscore character _.
• A valid variable name must not be a keyword (the iskeyword function gives you a list of the keywords.)

Use something similar or evocative of that name like xbar or barx as your variable name.

[beginner94]

Exactly! Thank you!

[Walter Roberson]

These days see Live Editor https://www.mathworks.com/help/symbolic/add-suffixes-to-symbolic-results.html