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Important: PSTricks packages are divided into the core and contributed ones. The core is pstricks.

Important: PSTricks (except package pst-text) now works with lualatex, which creates directly a pdf outpunt.

Frequently done errors ...

Using PSTricks together with TikZ causes a problem after the last update of the dvi driver of TikZ when using package auto-pst-pdf. Here is an example of how to use the package without a problem.
Do not choose pstricks.tex as a file name, it is the name of the main PSTricks package! Windows users pay attention here, there is no difference in lower or uppercase letters.
PSTricks is PostScript Tricks, viewing your PS or PDF output with a PS or PDF viewer is appropriate. Nearly all DVI-viewers cannot show rotations or movings, hence not the correct output.
You cannot run your files with pdftex/pdflatex, use lualatex instead or the sequence latex->dvips->ps2pdf, or see topic pdfoutput
If you get a rotated page then use always ps2pdf -dAutoRotagePages=/None .... See also here for Windows user
linestyle=dashed doesn't work after an update of pstricks.tex. You should update also pstricks.pro and pstricks.sty.
Error message: no room for a new dimen. See TeX-FAQ for what to do ...
\pspicture[0.5] ... doesn't work anymore! Use instead [shift=*] Read the docs!
If you have a problem with the optional argument [pdf], then use always
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks} or \usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add} or ...

News ... Playground ... :-)

2024-07-10: update pst-node
2024-07-08: update pst-diffraction
2024-07-06: update pst-electricfield
2024-07-05: update pstricks base
2023-11-03: update pst-solides3d
2023-11-10: update pst-solarsystem
2023-11-03: update pst-3dplot
2022-12-20: new package pst-flags
2022-11-21: update pstricks-add
2022-11-21: update pst-plot
2022-10-22: update pst-osci
2022-10-16: update pst-math
2022-08-25: update pst-barcode
2022-07-15: update pst-magneticfield
2021-11-13: update With up-to-date PSTricks you can run yor PSTricks source with lualatex. The output is a PDF file without using GhostScript. The only macro which does not work is \pscharpath.
2020-11-05: update pst2pdf
Problem with transparency of areas. It maybe a problem with Ghostscript. Use
```
ps2pdf -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY <file>.ps
```
2020-11-01: update pst-eucl
2020-03-24: update pst-ob3d
2020-03-24: update pst-tools
2020-03-17: update and removed from CTAN pst-spirograph
2020-03-17: update pst-fractal
2019-10-02: new package pst-turtle
2019-01-24: update pst-calculate
2019-01-22: update pst-circ
Problem with transparency of areas. It maybe a problem with Ghostscript. Use
```
ps2pdf -dNOSAFER <file>.ps
```
2019-01-01: update pst-lsystem
2018-12-30: update pst-text
2018-12-29: update pst-solides3d
2018-12-17: update pst-cie
2018-12-16: update pst-func
2018-12-04: new package pst-venn
2018-10-27: new package pst-moire
2018-09-27: new package pst-feyn
2018-09-25: new package pst-marble
2018-09-24: new package pst-lsystem
2018-06-01: new TeXLive 2018
2018-02-14: new package pst-antiprism
Problem with seminar
```
! Undefined control sequence.

l.2805 \ifpst@psfonts

! Emergency stop.
```
Update your TeX distribution or update at least the file pst-ovl.sty
2017-06-18: update pst-ode
2017-06-02: new package pst-vehicle
2017-05-18: new package pst-poker
2017-05-11: new package pst-spinner
2016-12-28: update pst-shell
2016-12-17: updated website PSTricks by Manuel Luque
2016-12-14: update pst-geo
2015-05-18: update pst-coil
2014-11-03: update pst-optexp
2014-08-28 update pst-poly
2014-05-18: update seminar
2014-04-19: update pst-perspective
2014-03-18: update pst-intersect
2014-02-18: update pst-mirror
2013-12-27: new package pst-ovl
2013-10-27: update pst-gantt
2013-07-05: new images for atoms and photons
2012-05-26: Problem with XeTeX and latest TeXLive201X update. If you get the following error message:
```
 GPL Ghostscript X.XX: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

 ** WARNING ** Filtering file via command -->ps2pdf -dCompatibilityLevel=1.5
 -sPAPERSIZE=a0 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false -dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -
 dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode
```
edit the file .../texlive/20XX/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg to insert the option -dNOSAFER into the line with ps2pdf
```
D  "ps2pdf -dCompatibilityLevel=%v -dNOSAFER -sPAPERSIZE=a0 ...
```
without -dNOSAFER ghostscript can't run external files. If you have another TeX distribution, then you'll find the location of the file by running "kpsewhich dvipdfmx.cfg".
2011-11-05: update pst-slpe
2011-08-20: update pst-bspline
2011-06-06: new package pst-rubans

Problem with MiKTeX 2.9 and viewing a dvi file.


MiKTeX Problem Report
Message: Some PostScript specials could not be rendered.
Data: Error: /undefined in tx@Dict
Operand stack:
   --nostringval--   PermitFileReading   --nostringval-- PermitFileWriting    
[ ... ]

Go into the setup of MiKTeX (YAP) and choose dvips instead of pk for the rendering of method of YAP