Probably because C++ compilers would do their own pre-parsing on it. e.g. if you do blat.DrawLatex("\nu"); the C++ compiler will pass a newline followed by a 'u' to the function, rather than passing '\', 'n', 'u' as you intend. It is an unfortunate clash between C/C++ and LaTeX over the use of '\'. Stephen On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Inkyu Park wrote: > Hi, > > One of the interesting new features in ROOT compared to PAW is an easy > way to write the mathematical formula on histogram using TLatex class. > > But one question came up: > > Why use "#" instead of "\" as it is in Latex? > > When I copy my formula from my document to my histogram, I have to > convert all "\" to "#". I am guessing this is because Postscript uses "\" > for special character trigger..... > > Cheers, > Inkyu >
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