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I am not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. You cannot teach me anything, but you can stimulate me to think! I am interested in almost everything. Consistency, optimization, best-practice, and perfection are always my first priority in mind! Therefore by my questions and answers you will recognize me.

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\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{graphicx,xcolor}
\begin{document}
\makebox[0pt][l]{\scalebox{1}[-1]{\textcolor{red}{PSTricks\textsuperscript{\textregistered}}}}PSTricks\textsuperscript{\textregistered}%
\end{document}

"If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero, read TEXBook!"

"Motivation is not enough. If you have an idiot & you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot."

Learning (La)TeX, PSTricks, & PGF/TikZ is similar to learning how to swim or drive a car. You don’t get the full benefit by watching someone else do it. Your own fingers must get involved.

Best practices

  1. Execute pdflatex \input{filename} instead of pdflatex filename.
  2. Don't specify the file extension in \includegraphics.
  3. Divide your project into a main & smaller input files & compile the main with pdflatex.
  4. Put each code snippet 4 either drawing a diagram or making a table into a standalone input file & compile it to produce a PDF.
  5. Define global macros 4 often-used materials, put them into a separate package thereby changing the macros in one place will effect the whole document.
  6. Remove unnecessary packages.
  7. Don't mix different series, families, font size, & shapes, ESPECIALLY IN ONE SENTENCE.
  8. Never put a blank space after/before a left/right parenthesis.
  9. Apply it.

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5m
comment Difference with standalone and preview?
Have you read my bug report e-mail? Here is the code to regenerate the issue.
21h
comment How to remove the white space on the top of the following table?
@nplatis: Please show me your idea with code and you will see the problem when using booktabs package.
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accepted How to remove the white space on the top of the following table?
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asked How to remove the white space on the top of the following table?
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awarded  Nice Answer
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awarded  Nice Question
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comment Why does LaTeX add 1 inch to margins?
Anatomically 1 inch margin is convenient to hold sheets with our thumbs. Click here for the reference.
May
18
revised Creating gears in TikZ
added 48 characters in body
May
17
answered Creating gears in TikZ
May
17
comment Draw an aircraft with Tikz
Werner's picture and Donald E. Knuth's one.
May
17
comment Draw an aircraft with Tikz
@Nasser: I used TeX Live 2012 that was regularly updated (but before TL got frozen).
May
17
comment Draw an aircraft with Tikz
@Qrrbrbirlbel: Yes. It is also correct. Motion is relative. I brush my teeth by rotating my head and hold my toothbrush motionless.
May
17
revised Draw an aircraft with Tikz
Adding the requested animation.
May
17
answered Draw an aircraft with Tikz
May
17
comment Parallel lines on a grid and circle best practices?
PSTricks supports 3D much much much much much better than PGF/TikZ does. I invested my time in PSTricks just because of this reason. :-)
May
17
comment Help creating solid cylinders along a path in Tikz for crystal lattice diagram
Possible duplicate here.
May
17
comment Draw an aircraft with Tikz
Please kindly provide a minimal working example to show your effort and to show what your problem is.
May
17
comment How to avoid orphan or widow when using tcolorbox?
@ThomasF.Sturm: Apparently I downloaded the old version from a mirror. Now the problem fixed with the newest version. Thank you.
May
17
revised How to avoid orphan or widow when using tcolorbox?
deleted 66 characters in body
May
17
comment How to convert pstricks animation to GIF file?
@TyranaSaur: Yes. You can read my other answer.