PSTricks rotation driven by auto-pst-pdf

Question

This looks like the same problem as that one tackled in PSTricks figure turned 90 degrees, only with some twist. The following MWE does not give the rotation:

\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}

\ifpdf\else\usepackage{pstricks}\fi

\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(0,0)(1,1)
  \psframe*[linecolor = red](0,0)(9,1)
  \rput{90}{Marienplatz}
\end{pspicture}

I'm compiling the above on Windows Xp with MikTeX 2.9, using the pdfLaTeX engine, and with the parameter -dAutoRotatePages#/None passed on to ps2pdf via my text editor (WinEdt 8) -- even though this is alreaady done by the auto-pst-pdf defaults. The pdfLaTex engine is passed the parameter -shell-escape.

There is no page rotation, but neither is text rotation. Nonetheless, the red box is rotated 90 degrees, which I wasn't expecting nor I want to. What can be wrong about it?

Answer 1

Passing -dAutoRotatePages#/None in winedt doesn't help, as auto-pst-pdf calls ps2pdf independently. So you musst tell auto-pst-pdf to add this option. The main problem is the # which you can't use directly in tex options. There are perhaps better ways but this here seems to work:

\documentclass{memoir}

\begingroup
\catcode`\#=11
\gdef\noautorotate{-dAutoRotatePages#/None}
\endgroup

\usepackage[pspdf=\noautorotate]{auto-pst-pdf}

\usepackage{pstricks}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(0,0)(1,1)
  \psframe*[linecolor = red](0,0)(9,1)
  \rput{90}{Marienplatz}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}

Answer 2

It has been documented in auto-pst-pdf documentation.

\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage[pspdf={-dAutoRotatePages=/None}]{auto-pst-pdf}

\ifpdf\else\usepackage{pstricks}\fi

\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(4,2)
  \psframe*[linecolor = red](4,2)
  \rput{90}(2,1){cyanide-based food}
\end{pspicture}

\end{document}