<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks Herbert. The following is my file listing<div><br></div><div><div> *File List*</div><div> minimal.cls 2001/05/25 Standard LaTeX minimal class</div><div>pstricks.sty 2008/11/26 v0.40 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)</div><div>pstricks.tex 2009/01/25 v1.27 `PSTricks' (tvz,hv)</div><div> xcolor.sty 2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)</div><div> color.cfg 2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive</div><div> dvips.def 1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)</div><div> ***********</div><div>I'm missing a few files from your listing and the pstricks.tex looks to be 4 days older than yours. The output has the proper shapes but the filled circle has easily discernible horizontal lines getting much more prominent near the equator.</div><div><br></div><div> I have also found that in the following code snippet (taken from the manual)</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span>\begin{pspicture}[linewidth=1cm](4,4)<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span>\psline[linecolor=red](0,0)(4,4)<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>\psline[linecolor=blue,strokeopacity=0.5](0,4)(4,0)<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>\psline[linecolor=green,strokeopacity=0.5](0,3.5)<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">(4,3.5)<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span>\psline[linecolor=yellow,strokeopacity=0.5](0,0.5)<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">(4,0.5)<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span>\end{pspicture}<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">the yellow and green lines show no opacity although the blue does. Thanks, Jon.</span></font></div></div><div><br></div><div>"pstricks.tex 2009/01/25 v1.27 `PSTricks'<br><div><div>On Jun 17, 2009, at 5:00 AM, <a href="mailto:pstricks-request@tug.org">pstricks-request@tug.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Send PSTricks mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:pstricks@tug.org">pstricks@tug.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pstricks<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pstricks-request@tug.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>pstricks-owner@tug.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of PSTricks digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: PSTricks Digest, Vol 77, Issue 13 (Herbert Voss)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:16:36 +0200<br>From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss@FU-Berlin.DE><br>To: Graphics with PSTricks <pstricks@tug.org><br>Subject: Re: [pstricks] PSTricks Digest, Vol 77, Issue 13<br>Message-ID: <4A379B34.5060902@FU-Berlin.DE><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Jon Joseph schrieb:<br><blockquote type="cite">Sorry. My mistake. The cover page for the manual I was talking about is<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">PSTricks ? 2008<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">new macros and bug?xes for the basic packages<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">pstricks, pst-plot, pst-tree,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">and pst-node<br></blockquote><br>\listfiles<br>\documentclass{minimal}<br>\usepackage{pstricks}<br>\begin{document}<br><br>\begin{pspicture}[linewidth=1cm](4,4)<br>\psline[linecolor=red](0,0)(4,4)<br>\pscircle*[opacity=0.5](2,2){2}<br>\psline[linecolor=blue,strokeopacity=0.6](0,4)(4,0)<br>\end{pspicture}<br><br>\end{document}<br><br><br> *File List*<br> minimal.cls 2001/05/25 Standard LaTeX minimal class<br>pstricks.sty 2008/11/26 v0.40 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)<br>pstricks.tex 2009/05/19 v1.29 `PSTricks' (tvz,hv)<br>pstricks.pro 2009/01/30 v. 1.06, PostScript prologue file (hv)<br>pst-dots.pro 2006/12/19 v. 2.00, PostScript prologue file (hv)<br>pst-algparser.pro 2008/01/01 v. 0.01, PostScript prologue file (hv)<br> xcolor.sty 2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)<br> color.cfg 2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive<br> dvips.def 1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)<br> ***********<br><br>Herbert<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>Name: xx.png<br>Type: image/png<br>Size: 2238 bytes<br>Desc: not available<br>URL: <http://tug.org/pipermail/pstricks/attachments/20090616/e10c2608/attachment-0001.png><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>PSTricks mailing list<br>PSTricks@tug.org<br>http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pstricks<br><br><br>End of PSTricks Digest, Vol 77, Issue 15<br>****************************************<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>