Automation of generating pstricks graphics with texclipse before pdf generation

Question

When using eclipse with pdflatex I want it to create the pstricks Images automatically. The classical way (without eclipse or texlipse) would be:

latex test.tex
dvips -o test-pics.ps test.dvi
ps2pdf test-pics.ps

and then one would use pdflatex. How can I make texlipse do this automatically for me?

Herbert · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-02 11:18:52Z

up vote 2 down vote accepted

you can run pdflatex -shell-escape <file> with package auto-pst-pdf
or run pst2pdf <file> to create all images on the fly as png or pdf or ...
you can run xelatex instead of pdflatex without any additional package or additional conversion

answered Jul 2 '11 at 11:18

Herbert
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	Thanks. auto-pst-pdf works for me. This solution makes however some problems, when you have png graphics included in the same document. – Igor Jul 2 '11 at 12:24
	@Igor: You cannot use `auto-pst-pdf` to draw or overlay PSTricks objects on the existing EPS images. – xport Jul 2 '11 at 12:43
	@Igor: it should be no problem to insert png or pdf images into your document which uses package `auto-pst-pdf` – Herbert Jul 2 '11 at 12:53
	@xport: why should this it not be possible to draw over an eps? – Herbert Jul 2 '11 at 14:21
	@Herbert: It is a typo. I meant PNG, JPEG or PDF rather than EPS. – xport Jul 2 '11 at 23:48

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