# pst-plot: overfull \hbox when using \psaxes

Consider the following example, taken from page 8 of the pst-plot manual:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[margin = 2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{pst-plot}

\begin{document}

\begin{pspicture}(-1.4,-0.5)(12,5)
\psaxes[Dx=100,dx=1,Dy=0.00075,dy=1]{->}(0,0)(12,5)[$x$,-90][$y$,180]
\psplot[linecolor=red, plotstyle=curve,linewidth=2pt,plotpoints=200]{0}{11}%
[/const1 3.3 10 8 neg exp mul def /s 10 def
/const2 6.04 10 6 neg exp mul def ] % optional PS commands
{const1 x 100 mul dup mul mul Euler const2 neg x 100 mul dup mul mul exp mul 2000 mul}
\end{pspicture}

\end{document}


When I compile, LaTeX throws the warning

Overfull \hbox (312.98018pt too wide) detected at line 9


at me.

Can anyone tell me how I get rid of this warning? (I think it might has something to do with \psaxes but I'm not sure at all.)

P.S. It occures in other PSTricks plots, too. I can't remember seeing these warnings before when I've first created some (now) old documents, so I have a feeling that a "bug" has been introduced in a recent version of one of the PSTricks packages but I'm not sure.

• No such warning at my end. Jun 25, 2017 at 20:09
• @AlexG I have a fully updated TeX Live 2017 distribution. And you? Jun 25, 2017 at 20:11
• No, I tested on ShareLaTeX, which is definitely not. The size of the TeX box is entirely defined by the pspicture dimensions. Maybe there is something wrong with it. Jun 25, 2017 at 20:13
• Okay. I case you have a fully updated TeX Live 2017, can I then make you try the example there? Jun 25, 2017 at 20:14
• Tomorrow I will do. Jun 25, 2017 at 20:14

Use the document class option draft and you'll see that the overfull box is marked for the x-axis labels. The reason is that the labels are set on TeX level in a box of width 0pt. So every x axis with labels gets this warning which doesn't hurt.

• that has nothing to do with the labels at the ticks. Use labels=y and the warning doesn't happen.
– user2478
Jun 25, 2017 at 20:48
• You can try pst-plot.tex from comedy.dante.de/~herbert/texnik/tex/generic/pst-plot
– user2478
Jun 26, 2017 at 7:22
• There are so many special cases where this part of the code is used and I am not sure if it breaks something other. However, let's see what will be.
– user2478
Jun 26, 2017 at 11:33
• I will wait some time to see if there maybe a new problem with this code change.
– user2478
Jun 26, 2017 at 19:34
• Yes, there were some problems. I revert the changes.
– user2478
Jul 14, 2017 at 15:35