Questions tagged [pstricks]
PSTricks is a set of macros that allow the inclusion of PostScript code (e.g. drawings) directly inside (La)TeX code. This tag is compatible with the tag {diagrams}.
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pstricks: How to use adjustbox (or alternative) with pstricks?
When I use an adjustbox around anything drawn with pstricks, the adjustbox just gets ignored. scalebox works, but requires manual tuning to determine the proper scaling factor (e.g., to scale ...
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PSTricks segment orientation
I want to make a simple 3D picture in PStricks (showing how to measure a segment starting at the origin in the space). The main issue is to properly draw the projections of the defining point A along ...
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Aligning lines and crosses placed with `rput` (place an object at a desired point)
I would like to slightly modify this pspicture:
Each of the crosses (as well as the numbers, although that is not so important) should be centred at the centre of their each squares.
As you can see ...
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Jump lines on pst-pdgr
I have a pedigree like this:
I want to have these bumps where lines cross:
Is there a way to achieve this with pstricks?
Thanks, B
Edit: MWE https://www.overleaf.com/read/gggnbpzfqgnz
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Two playing cards packages show vastly different performance
I am experimenting typesetting poker hands with two packages. I unexpectedly spotted a huge performance difference between the two.
$ cat pst-poker.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-poker}
\...
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csv data and multido
I am making a card with properties of Periodic Table of Elements. I wish had the mass number, like this using pstricks:
\documentclass[12pt,a1paper]{article}
\usepackage[a1paper,margin=0cm]{...
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how to get hand draws into code
Is there an easy way to draw complex images in LaTeX? By this I mean: Have a look at the following question.
Some answers provide incredible pictures, very elaborated. In the (rudimentary) way I can ...
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Draw with fifth root in tikz
I'm trying to graph the following function: y=\sqrt[5]{4x^4-x^5} didn't work out the first time, so I searched here for something that might help me and found this. Unfortunately, when I edited the ...
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Lualatex : opacity not working in pstricks
The opacity doesn't work with LuaLaTeX (I'm on Windows, I use TexMaker with the MikTex distribution, packages are all in the latest versions) :
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{luatex85, pstricks, ...
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Missing number error for using Spy in LuaLaTeX
I have a diagram involving lens and beams made using pst-optexp package for convenience and accuracy. So I had to use LuaLaTeX for compilation. However I would like to use the spy library from tikz ...
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multiframe within multido does not work
I try to have several \multiframes using \multido. But the following minimal example program (which should result in an animation of a growing rotating wedge) gives the error:
! Package animate Error: ...
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axes with different scale
Using pstricks and psaxes I'd like to create the axes just like in the attached figure.
I tryed to change Oy, dy and Dy as well as the origin of the axis but I'm not getting the same as the figure.
I ...
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My first package stopped to work!
some years ago I wrote the simple package PSBao.sty. I stopped using it two years ago and now it doesn't work any more. I'm not able to find the cause. Can someone help me?
Unfortunately it was my ...
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How can I add a coordinate system to pst-magneticfield?
For an assignment, I'm asked to draw a schematic of the magnetic field due to two circular coils, parallel to the $x$-$y$ plane and at height $z = d/2$ and $z = -d/2$. I have settled on pst-...
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Annotate with Call-Outs on tcolorbox
I'd like to do call-outs on a tcolorbox like the ones in this diagram from the longfbox documentation's Breakable Content Section.
I've got my whole document using tcolorbox and pstricks but can't ...
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pspicture strange effect with \textdir TRT in an RTL document
In this example, when adding the command \textdir TRT the picture is shifted to the right, and I can't understand what's going on here, if we uncomment \textdir TLT we get a correct result
\...
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Using \TextField inside a pspicture environment
Here follows a MWE showing a problem of mine.
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\DocumentMetadata{}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multido}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\psset{dimen = m}
\def\skala{0.7}
\...
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Some commands from PSTricks do not work in MikTeX
When I try the following in MikTeX, the \rput command works, but the \psline command doesn't.
I compiled with XeLaTeX.
I've tried adding/removing various packages, an many other things, but no good.
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How do I extend the refracted ray in pst-optic?
I am trying to reproduce Snell's law using \refractionRay macro. However the refracted ray that I obtain is 'short' to say and I wish to extend it further. How do I achieve this? Also the ...
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pstricks causes the output of xdvi to turn gray
Feed mwe.tex containing
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\begin{document}
Test
\end{document}
to latex, then issue xdvi mwe from an xterm under X11+gnome, and finally observe
On the ...
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latex + hyperref + glossaries + pstricks produces colored text and underlined links in DVI though neither is commanded
Feeding mwe.tex containing
\documentclass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}%%% The documentation of glossaries tells to load hyperref first.
\usepackage[...
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From PStricks to Tikz
I have this very good macro with PStricks.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-node}
\newcommand*\Tsemb[2]{%
\quitvmode$\vcenter{\vbox{\setbox0\hbox{#1}\setbox1\hbox{#2}\hsize\wd\ifdim\wd0>\...
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TikZ's pin option: problem with positioning ordered pair
In a separate post, @00dani provided a nifty way of labeling points with TikZ's pin option which I'm trying to mimic.
options for labeling single point
Specifically, in a system of 1 quadratic and 1 ...
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What does \psGetDistance do?
friends,
I wonder if \psGetDistance is somehow related to euclidean distance or what is it about? Here is a minimum working example that my explain :
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}
\...
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pst-marble package fails with lualatex
It seems the pst-marble package has issues when used with lualatex. The example test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-marble}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(-4,-4)(4,4)
\psMarble(8,8)
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All settings available for \pscircle (PSTricks) command
The general form of the \pscircle is
\pscircle*[settings](x0,y0){radius}
Is there a way to known all available settings?
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pst-poker face cards fail with lualatex
Commands for face cards in the pst-poker package produce an error when compiling with lualatex. The following example works with latex+dvips and xelatex but not with lualatex:
\documentclass{article}
\...
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pspicture not working in TexLive 2022 (Ubuntu 22.04), it works in TexLive 2019
For the following code, I don't have the same result in Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04 with TexLive.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[left=2.00cm, right=3.00cm, top=4.00cm, bottom=3.00cm,showframe]{...
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Are Postscript expressions allowed in pscircle's radius?
I am using PSTricks and I'm trying to draw a circle whose radius is computed as a Postscript expression. This is a simplified, minimal example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-plot, auto-pst-...
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How to control the size of a pstricks \psfigure?
I would like to use pst-optic to create some figures in a A4 landscape page and use the full size of the paper.
I have a two lenses system that I would like to draw.
The code I wrote is the following :...
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How to get precise lengths (e.g., 5 cm) on the screen with tikz, pstricks, evince, and gv?
Let's feed the file mwe.tex containing
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{pstricks,tikz}
\begin{document}\noindent
\begin{pspicture}(-1,0)(1,5)
\psline(0,0)(0,5)
\end{...
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PSTricks clipping
Consider the drawing:
How can I draw this using PSTricks? (The stripes are not of equal width, in case that is of any importance.)
I guess I have to use clipping somehow but I'm sure even how to get ...
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pst-text broken?
% Lua- or XeLaTeX
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-grad, pst-text}
\begin{document}
\psset{fillstyle=gradient,gradbegin=red,gradend=cyan}
\pscharpath[gradangle=90]{\huge\bfseries TEST}% ...
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Pstricks: Hunderds of thousands on the vertical axis
Feeding
\documentclass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{pst-all}
\begin{document}
%\renewcommand{\psvlabel}[1]{#1000}%%% the label is appended with 000, i.e., is printed as thousands. ...
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Where is the up-to-date, full pstricks documentation?
The contents of my /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pstricks/*pdf is this (sorted by time):
189902 May 30 2009 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pstricks/test-pst.pdf
898183 May 30 ...
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How to draw a simple graph in beamer using pst-plot
I tried the following:
\documentclass{beamer}
\mode<presentation>
\usepackage []{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{amsmath, amstext}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{...
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PSTricks and color not useable together in Plain TeX?
% Plain LuaTeX
\input luaotfload.sty
\input pstricks
\input pst-circ
\input color% destroys everything
\pspicture(-1, 0)(3.5, 4.5)
\circledipole[labeloffset = 0](0, 3)(3, 3){V}
\coil[dipolestyle=...
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PSTricks broken in Plain TeX?
% Plain LuaTeX or Plain XeTeX
\input luaotfload.sty% comment this out for XeTeX
\input pst-circ
\pspicture(-1, 0)(3.5, 4.5)
\circledipole[labeloffset = 0](0, 3)(3, 3){V}
\coil[dipolestyle=curved](0, ...
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Error when using pst-poker: rungs not found? (texlive)
After installing the 2022 edition of texlive I get the following error when trying to use the pst-poker package:
C:\texlive\2022\bin\win32\runscript.tlu:858: no appropriate script or
program found: ...
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PSTriks 3D spheres randomly distributed inside a torus
I would like to randomly distribute "n" number of spheres (or spheroids) inside a torus. The code I used to generate the toroid is as follows:
\documentclass[12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{...
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\psframe works but \rput doesn’t in pspicture
This is my MWE :
\documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}[showgrid=top](5,5)
\psframe[linecolor=red,linewidth=2pt,dimen=inner,framearc=0.5](3,1)(4,2)
\...
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PSTricks drawing: LuaLaTeX gives unexpected output
Code
Consider the following example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multido}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/114278/isometric-...
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Unwanted output from PSTricks drawing
First of all
I'm very sorry for not making the example absolutely minimal.
Code
test.tex:
% lualatex test.tex
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% %%
%% Dokumentklasse %%
%% ...
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Set theory/Venn diagrams chart drawing
I am trying to reproduce diagrams like these ones:
But the only tool I have is mathcha and it has to be done manually, although you can check the tikz code and is not very accurate as you have to ...
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How to position a picture from the edge of the paper?
I wrote a package that displays the logo of my company:
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]
\ProvidesPackage{acmelogo}[2022/09/09 ACME Inc. Logo]
\RequirePackage{xcolor}
\RequirePackage{textpos}
\...
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Drawing an interval with PSTricks
I am trying to draw some intervals with PSTricks. I found some LaTeX code but I don't know how to edit it to get what I want.
I would like to draw the x-axis line with the interval in red but I don't ...
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Why doesn't the package documentation contain minimum working examples? [closed]
I come to you today with an open question instead of a precise and technical one. I have tried many different packages in the past, each time I have to take a dive into the documentation. Those ...
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Replacing Title Color with Image Background
This is a follow-up question to An Expedient Method for Perfectly Fitting an Image to a Pspicture
Consider the code
\documentclass[a5paper,12pt,onecolumn,openany,final]{book}
\usepackage[hmargin=0.7in,...
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An Expedient Method for Perfectly Fitting an Image to a Pspicture
Consider the code:
\documentclass[a5paper,12pt,onecolumn,openany,final]{book}
\usepackage[hmargin=0.7in,vmargin=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\...
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Giving a Title a Gilded Effect
Consider the code which compiles with xelatex:
\documentclass[a5paper,12pt,onecolumn,openany,final]{book}
\usepackage[hmargin=0.7in,vmargin=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{pstricks,psvectorian}
%\...
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