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 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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How to use PSTricks in pdfLaTeX?
I thought that PSTricks package was not possible to use in pdfLaTeX but the user Dima claims otherwise.
How can I force pdfLaTeX to use PSTricks then?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 to fill an area interval under a gaussian
I want to know if it's possible to fill an area interval (i.e from -0.2 to 0.2) under a gaussian curve, more exactly just an interval under this curve, using PSTricks.
I'm using pst-func, pst-plot, ...
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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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How to draw these diagrams (closed contours) using TikZ or PSTricks?
First, I must say I have no knowledge about PGF/TikZ nor PSTricks, but I would like to draw the following or similar closed contours using one of them or another adequate package. Where can I find the ...
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Fundamental differences : PSTricks, TikZ/PGF and others
OK, since this is a pretty vague and subjective question. I need to set up some borders around the discussion that I intend to benefit from. But before anything, I certainly do NOT want to excite the ...
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circuit macros latex, error noCurrentPoint [closed]
Following the manual of Circuit macros for LaTeX, just at the beginning I try to make the first circuit picture in LaTeX "quick.m4" processing that first with m4, then dpic, and adding the code ...
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Definition of PSTricks constant (again) and improvement of code
Consider the following example. (This is either the last one or the second to last.)
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add}
...
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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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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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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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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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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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How to parse optional arguments without keyval?
The current implementation only supports rounding with the specified digits in the optional arguments.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{multido}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage[nomessages]{fp}
% ...
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How to draw tangent vectors and component vectors on a curve
I am searching for a way to have a figure drawn using LaTeX. I am aware of some packages TikZ and PSTricks that could accomplish this, and have been tinkering around with them recently but do not have ...
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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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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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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 ...
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Improve PSTricks code for drawing of the Olympic flag
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add}
\usepackage[locale=DE]{siunitx}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\cs_new_eq:NN ...
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What causes this error? [closed]
After seeing Herbert's answer, apparently this problem should not occur if I realized the first row of the following code should be \documentclass{beamer}. Problems often come from not knowing what I ...
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Definition of PSTricks constant and improvement of code for drawing of Pantheon
Consider the following.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{
auto-pst-pdf,
pst-eucl,
pstricks-add
}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
...
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votes
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How to implement a constant declarating macro to behave differently in preamble and pspicture?
The example below is extremely trivial just to illustrate the problem in the simplest way.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[nomessages]{fp}
% constants declarator
\def\LoadConstants{}% to load ...
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votes
1answer
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Equivalent of QTikZ for PSTricks
I have recently seen the very useful QTikZ program for interactive viewing of TikZ diagrams. I was wondering if a similar program exists for drawing PSTricks diagrams.
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Undefined control sequence error in pspicture [closed]
I found this interesting question
Draw closed curve in Tikz
for which an even interesting answer was provided by the user Garbage Collector.
Just for the fun of it, I tried compiling his answer on ...
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How to convert pstricks animation to GIF file?
As an example, let's take this animation. How can I convert it to GIF file?
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How to prevent preview from discarding my PostScript constants defined in the preamble?
Considerations:
I have to use beamer document class to create a step-by-step tutorial.
I have to use preview package to trim everything outside pspicture.
Using standalone document class is not ...
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Definition of PSTricks constant
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add}
\usepackage[locale=DE]{siunitx}
...
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Create a Frequency Allocation Diagram
I need to reproduce a frequency allocation diagram in TeX. I prefer TikZ but open to PSTricks. I can create a simple bar allocation char using \node but unsure how to create layered blocks like the ...
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Cut off part of PSTricks parallelogram if
First: I have also posted this question at the LaTeX Community a few days ago but I have not got any answer.
Consider the following MWE, illustrating rays of light coming from the Sun through the ...
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votes
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Alignment in pst-tree
In this example, using pst-tree package:
\def\psedge{\ncangles[armA=.5, angleB=180, linearc=.2]}
\pstree[treemode=R, levelsep=3cm] {\Toval{ root }} {
\Toval{ Tom }
\Toval{ Cat }
\Toval{ Very ...
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Improve PSTricks code for drawing of a general, regular polygon
Consider the following example.
Code
% pdflatex -shell-escape test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pst-eucl,pst-poly,pstricks-add}
\usepackage[locale=DE]{siunitx}
...
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Is it possible to construct more than one stroke with different colors inside a single \pscustom?
Is it possible to get the following output where the upper graph is red and the lower one is blue
\documentclass[pstricks,border=17pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-plot}
...
