PSTricks is a set of macros that allow the inclusion of PostScript code (e.g. drawings) directly inside (La)TeX code.
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How to mark/round an element of a table/tabular?
I´m creating a table for simplex, and I want to create a circle around a number in a table.
How can I make this in LaTeX?
I use PSTricks, but I prefer don´t create an image and a table/tabular ...
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To where/whom should I write for an invitation to create a tool for bullet graphs?
I was wondering if creating "bullet gauges" is possible in any LaTeX package, but I didn´t find any.
In other question @Jake answered me with a solution for simple graphs in Is there any package to ...
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How to create a Sierpinski triangle in LaTeX?
I have been trying to recreate the following image in LaTeX
and for me personally it has to be done with pdflatex. Although answers using pst-fractals
From Jake I got a good start which led to the ...
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Can you change the opacity in surfaces/plots in PSTricks pst-3dplot?
Can you change the opacity in surfaces/plots in PSTricks pst-3dplot ?
\documentclass[%
pstricks,%
border=12pt%
]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-3dplot}
\begin{document}
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What am I doing wrong with PSTricks 3D?
I'm starting doing graphs with PSTricks in 3D, but I can't reach a first good result.
What am I doing wrong?
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-node}
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How to put axes with PSTricks?. I use \psaxes… but I have no results [closed]
I want to use \psaxes and \psgrid but it doesn't runs well.
What am I doing wring?
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-node}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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Unsung Heros - PSTricks, TikZ, pgfplots,
While watching presentations (mostly made with beamer) at my university I noticed, most people here use LaTeX to create there presentations which is really nice. (not just for the health of my eyes)
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PSTricks-NODES. How can I put 'Ñ' inside a circleNODE?
I want to type Ñ inside a circlenode, but it don´t appear in the final result.
At the example, in the 3rd line of code.
Are there any solution?
\begin{pspicture}(-2,-2)(12,6) %\malla
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auto-pst-pdf or pdftricks2?
When I compile a LaTeX documents containing PSTricks code, I normally use the package auto-pst-pdf, but recently I found pdftricks2.
Should I use auto-pst-pdf or pdftricks2 and what are the ...
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What parameter is available to remove the thin border around \ncput*?
The objective is to make the background color of the box containing the label transparent.
\documentclass[pstricks]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-eucl}
\begin{document}
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Calculating coordinates with postscript [duplicate]
I want to calculate coordinates for some lines using pstricks. How can I do this?
Example:
I want something like
(0.5*cos(45) + 8, 0.5*sin(45) + 8)
and use coordinate pairs like this one to ...
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PSTricks -> How can I compile a graph/figure to obtain an PNG/JPG with background transparent?
How to obtain this graph in a PNG/GIF/JPG graph with transparent background?
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,x11names]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
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Using pstricks with beamer undefined color model
I am trying to use pstricks with beamer. However everytime I get an error message saying
Package xcolor error undefined color model
I have googled it and tried different solutions but none worked!
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Convex lens (flat end) with pst-optic
Is it possible to get each end of a convex lens to be flat, like this:
(I haven't been able to find anything regarding this in the manual.)
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pstricks in MacTeX
I got a new Mac with OS X 10.8.3 and installed MacTeX-2012, but pstricks doesn't seem to work now. Before I used (plain) TeX and chose the TeX and DVI typesetting option. When I looked for help in ...
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pst-circ monospaced labels
How can I make all labels in my circuit monospaced?
I found this: Can I change all math output to use monospaced text?
but this also affects my equations outside figures.
\documentclass{minimal}
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PSTricks and \pscustom
Consider the following example:
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape maj1999.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(-4,-4)(4,1)
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I get a bad result when creating my first simple image with PSTricks [duplicate]
I get a bad result when creating my first simple image with PSTricks.
I get:
0 Errors, 2 Warnings
but... bad results.
What am I doing wrong?
My files can be downloaded at
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2answers
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Relative coordinates in PSTricks
TikZ gives us the ease of using relative coordinates, like in the following example.
\documentclass[border=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
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Drawing of Sun–Earth–Moon system
Is there a package (or packages) for drawing the Sun–Earth–Moon system with either PSTricks, TikZ, or some other vector graphics language to illustrate Lunar and Solar eclipses, the phases of the ...
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[starting]how can i obtain a good compiled file with PSTricks?
I want to use PSTricks for making figures, and I have any code that I know that is good code, because I have viewed the results in images (code compiled well).
I'm trying and trying, but I don't ...
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How to draw and annotate a spherical coordinate system
For some lecture script I am preparing I would need some descriptive images showing how to work with spherical coordinates as often seen in textbooks, i.e. a globe and some descriptive arrows ...
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How to plot Feynman diagrams with PSTricks
I need to plot some Feynman diagrams for my research papers. Although I had some experience in plotting with PSTricks, it is still not an easy job to plot Feynman diagrams. Could someone provide some ...
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using CJK text inside mecard produces errors
I am trying to use \psbarcode to generate a MECARD QR code with CJK characters in the name field.
tex:
\documentclass[12pt]{memoir}
\usepackage{CJKutf8}
\usepackage{pstricks}
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monochrome and pstricks
I am creating a file type images for presentation / written, I have been interested in the monochrome package xcolor, but by using it I have not obtained the expected results, check the documentation ...
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Getting correct labels on axes with PSTricks
Consider the following example.
Code
% latex test.tex
% dvips test.dvi
% ps2pdf test.ps
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-coil,pstricks-add}
\def\turister#1#2{%
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illegal unit of measure in tex code created from dot2tex
I am using dot2tex to convert some code from graphviz into LaTeX (PSTricks) drawings. However, I get following error
! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
<to be read again>
l.21 ...
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votes
1answer
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Setting labels on one axis in text mode and the other axis in math mode with PSTricks
Consider the following example:
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pst-plot}
\def\seere#1#2#3{%
\pspolygon[%
fillstyle=solid,%
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How can I draw a wave diagram in Tikz/PSTricks
Sorry for the undetailed title, I didn't know what to call this. How can I draw the image below in TiKz or PSTricks?
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Isometric paper and drawing on it — with PSTricks
I would like to create a drawing on isometric drawing paper like the following:
N.B. Forget the drawing on top of the paper; it is just something I found in order to illustrate the type of paper I ...
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Drawing system architecture in Latex
I want to draw a system architecture as in the picture below
Can you help me?
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What are current pitfalls of using LuaTeX over pdfTeX
I know that there are several closely related older posts about LuaTeX.
Using LuaTeX as a replecment for pdfTeX 3
LuaLaTeX and PSTricks
Migrating from pdfTeX to LuaTeX
As of recently I started ...
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How to draw a square wave?
Everything is in the title...
I'm trying to draw a simple square wave , but I'm reading that tikz cannot draw the vertical line of the discontinuity...
Is there a way to overpass this ? PSTricks ...
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pstricks and admin rights
I am using MiKTeX 2.9 on an XP account with restricted user rights. Unfortunately I was not able to compile a file under xelatex which included pstricks graphics, so I tried everything that I found on ...
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Improvement of PSTricks code for drawing of balls in a triangular box
Consider the following.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pst-eucl}
\usepackage{expl3}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\cs_new_eq:NN \calc \fp_eval:n
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How does \uput determine the touching point between the object box and the hypothetical circle?
This question offers 4 bounties of 500 each only for a single answer that
fit this question best.
I am interested in describing the behavior of \uput for non-zero dimensional objects. Non-zero ...
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votes
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Why can the labelsep of \uput not work when represented in RPN?
In order to be more noticeable, I present my comment as a new question here.
Background:
\uput with the following syntax
accept 5 arguments. I have tested the last four arguments that they can ...
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Is it possible to make \pnode obey swapaxes?
Background:
We can represent a point with (*<value> {<algebraic expression in x>}) syntax where the ordinate y is obtained by evaluating <algebraic expression in x for the given ...
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How to get a nice code to insert pictures on the right?
In my document must insert many pictures. I don't know how to get a nice code? I tried
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra,amssymb,latexsym, amscd,amsthm}
\usepackage{color, graphicx}
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A problem with cjkutf8 and pst-eucl
The following MWE cannot be compiled. You can see the error messages by yourself.
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{CJKutf8}
\usepackage{pst-eucl}
\def\kor#1{%
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1answer
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Error in PSTricks in circuit macros
I am trying the same way to use circuit macros through the example from Mr. Peter Jan Randewijk (http://staff.ee.sun.ac.za/pjrandewijk/wiki/index.php/M4_Circuit_Macros). I have installed M4 support as ...
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Is it possible to use either less than 3 \rput or just a single \uput to rotate and translate the following object?
Is it possible to use either less than 3 \rput or just a single \uput to rotate and translate the following object? Please don't use other transformation macros because my intent is to learn how \rput ...
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Paragraph ended before \pst@@@picture was complete, what is wrong?
Paragraph ended before \pst@@@picture was complete, what is wrong?
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage[nomessages]{fp}
\makeatletter
% Removing a trailing space in the ...
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What packages do I need to learn as developer to learn LaTeX?
I am a web developer and I often have the need to convert the the webpage to pdf. I have just discovered latex and pretty much liked it.
But as there are many packages available , I am not into book ...
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Confusing behavior of uput with non-zero dimensional object
I really don't understand the behavior of \uput with non-zero dimensional object as illustrated below.
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{multido}
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PSTricks: Partitioning and filling a circle in pst-pdgr
I am using the pst-pdgr package which uses PSTricks to generate medical pedigrees. I find this package to be very useful, however I ran into a problem with a certain situation I am having. I need a ...
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Definition of constant in PSTricks
Consider the following example, which produces the same figure as here, but the code is generalized.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
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pst-map2d - unrecoverable error
I am using this piece of code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-map2d}
\begin{document}
{\psset{xunit=0.5, yunit =0.5}
\begin{pspicture}*(-9,-9)(10 ,9)
\WorldMap[maillage = false]
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Improvement of PSTricks code for drawing of Pantheon
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{
auto-pst-pdf,
pst-eucl,
pstricks-add
}
\usepackage[
locale=DE
]{siunitx}
...
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How to throw an error and abort the compilation for the following scenario? [duplicate]
Objectives:
I want to throw exceptions (or error messages) when the following illegal code is invoked.
\const[c,any]{temp}{\f[\i]}
\const[others]{temp}{\f[\i]}
Minimal Working Example:
I cannot ...
