MATLAB: Error with latex interpreter and text function

Question

I'm not sure, but I think my issue might stem from my use of

set(0,'defaulttextinterpreter','latex')

so that I don't have to put latex as the interpreter for all my titles and axis labels, and the use of the text() function. Basically, when I try to use text(), and do a \leftarrow, for example:

text(x,y,'\leftarrow thistext')

I get the following error

Warning: Error updating Text.
 Character vector must have valid interpreter syntax:
\leftarrow thistext

Then I read about it a bit and I thought maybe it had to do with the use of my \ and it already being in latex mode or something. So I tried \\ instead of \ in front of my leftarrow. This worked, however it just reads "leftarrow thistext" in latex format. I should note that when I don't do \\ I get "\leftarrow thistext" but in non-latex font where I put the location. Does anyone know how to get around this? I like latex font a lot, and I also like left arrows. Can I not have the best of both worlds here?

Thanks, Aaron

Answer 1

Try

text(x,y,'$\leftarrow$ thistext');