# where can I find the detailed description of how to use \pstVerb and tx@addDict

I am drawing some setup using Pstricks and pst-optexp.

I want to know what the following example means. Also I can't find a detailed description of how to use \pstVerb and tx@addDict.

\multido{\i=0+1}{60}{%
\pstVerb{%
\i\space 650 400 sub 59 div mul 400 add
\drawbeam[beamangle=\i\space 0.1 mul 3 sub]{2-}%
}%

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\pstVerb{...} - The argument is included as verbatim PostScript, not grouped by (g)save and (g)restore. The currentpoint should be TeX's currentpoint.

\i\space - is needed to get the looping variable and a following space

tx@addDict begin ... end - is needed to use the special PostScript dictionary, in this case the one from pstricks-add

You'll find some more examples in the package documentations

Admittedly, that is not the best example from a didactical point of view. Here is an alternative version, with some additional explanations. What you are missing in your snippet is the color definition, which is the reason for all that \pstVerb stuff:

\documentclass[pstricks, margin=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-optexp}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(3,3)
\pnodes(-1,0){A}(1,2.2){B}(3,0){C}
\optplane(0,2.15)
\optprism[prismalign=center, prismangle=59](A)(B)(C)
\optplane(C)
\definecolor[ps]{bl}{rgb}{%
Wavelength wavelengthToRGB
Red Green Blue
end end }%

The syntax \definecolor[ps]... allows you to use some values computed at Postscript level for the actual color definition (see the xcolor documentation). In your example, the values Red, Green, and Blue are recalculated in every iteration and their values are used to draw the following beam.
In my changed version it may (or may not) become a bit more apparent: in every iteration I define a new Wavelength which is then both used to calculate a new refractive index and a new color triple for the next beam.