<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Howdy,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sorry for the top post. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">You can't use pstricks directly with pdflatex. Place the line</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">% !TEX TS-program = latex</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">at the top of your source file. Then typeset your file using Typeset->Typeset (Cmd-T). This directive tells TeXShop to use latex->dvips->ps2pdf rather than pdflatex. Unfortunately using that typeset sequence only permits inclusion of eps graphics. You might also look into using tikz rather than pstricks. <br><br>Good Luck,<div>Herb Schulz</div></div><div><br>On Jun 12, 2016, at 12:49 PM, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. <<a href="mailto:Zbigniew.Nitecki@tufts.edu">Zbigniew.Nitecki@tufts.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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I want to set up drawing some braid diagrams using pst-node. I am stymied by the very first step.
<div class="">According to the Latex Graphics Companion (2nd ed), p. 338, the command</div>
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<div class="">\title{Braid Picture Test}</div>
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<div class="">\begin{pspicture}(6,8)</div>
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>\cnodeput(6,1){A6}{$1$}</div>
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>\cnodeput(7,1){A7}{$1$}</div>
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