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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 differences between the two packages?
P.S. Shouldn't I use one of the packages above at all when compiling documents containing PSTricks code via PDFLaTeX, but a third one? If so, which one?
xelatex: does the conversion of the whole document in the background with xdvipdfmxpst2pdf (Perl) extracts all pspicture and postscript environments and creates single standalone documents to run with `latex' to create a graphic for each document which is then used instead of the environment.auto-pst-pdf loads internally pst-pdf and runs the document with the pspicture or postscript environments in the background with latex and then uses the created pdf images instead of the environments in the pdflatex runpdftricks2 can convert only pspicture environments and needs a special handling of the PSTricks packages in the preamble. It also replaces the pspicture environment with the created image.pdftricks works similiar to pdftricks2 latex and not pdflatex!
– user2478
Jun 11 '13 at 11:13
standalone document class compiled with latex-dvips-ps2pdf produces better cropping than using pdfcrop-based workflows. (It is based on my own experiences) Don't trust me without involving your own fingers to prove what I am saying. :-)
– kiss my armpit
Jun 11 '13 at 11:41
standalone itself also use ps2pdf!t
– user2478
Jun 11 '13 at 14:37
xelatexand you do not need any additional package. However, there is not the package when usingpdflatex, choose the one which you may prefer. – user2478 Jun 11 '13 at 7:15