[OS X TeX] Apple PDF viewer bugs on this shading

[Herbert Schulz]

On Nov 30, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hi Alain,
> 
> On 01/12/2009, at 2:02 AM, Alain Matthes wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> On the french news group, I read this :
>> 
>> There is a problem when I compile the file:
>> 
>> http://media.texample.net/tikz/examples/TEX/hsv-shading.tex
>> 
>> 1) first with pdflatex and texshop
>> The file above compiles without problem but TexShop
>> displays a bad result but adobe reader gives a fine result.
>> The result is bad with Preview.
> 
> It looks fine for me, in both Preview and TeXshop.
> This is whether I download the PDF from the website,
> or after recompiling in TeXshop.
> 
> The attached image shows the view in Adobe Reader (left)
> and TeXshop (right) under MacOS X 10.4.11.
> I don't have any later OS version to try.
> 
> <Picture 36.png>

Howdy,

You didn't say how you compiled the file. The problem appears when it's compiled with pdflatex and appears fine when compiled using latex->dvips->ps2pdf.

Also see below...

>> 
>> 2) With dvi-ps-pdf Texshop displays a "good" result, only good
>> if you can compare the pdfs.
>> 
>> 
>> You can find the pdf here :
>> 
>> http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/hsv-shading/
>> 
>> I try this example with Ubuntu and texworks and the result
>> is just "good".
>> 
>> Where is the bug ?
> 
> Not within the PDF, I'd say.
> Did the original poster say what OS he was using?
> 
>> 
>> Best Regards
>> 
>> Alain Matthes
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Ross
> 

Like me Alain said he's using MacTeX(TeX Live)-2009 with all updates.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)