<br>Yes, this works.<br><br>Yes, the &quot;&amp;&quot; characters stemmed from some obsolete array env and were needless. My bad..<br><br>There is one more thing that concerns me:<br><br>If I try to change the position of the gradient by means of say
<br><br>\begin{pspicture}(-2.5,-1.25)(2.5,1.25)<br>&nbsp; \psellipse[gradbegin=blue,GradientScale=2,GradientPos={(-2,-1)}](2.5,1.25)<br>\end{pspicture}<br><br>...<br><br>\xy (0,-20)*+&lt;1.5pt&gt;[&lt;40pt&gt;]{<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \begin{pspicture}(-
2.5,-1.25)(2.5,1.25)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \psellipse[gradbegin=blue,GradientScale=2,GradientPos={(2,-.5)}](2.5,1.25)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \end{pspicture}<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \begin{pspicture}(3,4)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \pspolygon[gradbegin=black,GradientPos={(-.1,-.1)},GradientScale=2](0,0)(1,3)(3,2)(
1.5,2)(2,0.5)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \end{pspicture}<br>};<br><br>within this file it has no effect whatsoever. Is there some option missing?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>J<br>