<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The following code compiles fine:<div>###############################</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\begin{pspicture}(-0.5,-3.5)(3,3.5)</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psset{lightsrc=50 20 50, viewpoint=15 60 30 rtp2xyz,Decran=50}</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\defFunction{gFunct}(u,v){v cos u mul}{v sin u mul}{1 u dup mul sub sqrt}</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psSolid[object=surfaceparametree,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">base=0 1 0 360,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">function=gFunct,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">fillcolor=blue!30,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ngrid=50,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">grid,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">intersectiontype=0,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">intersectionplan={[0 1 1 -1] [0 1 1 -1.2] [0 1 1 -1.3] [0 1 1 -1.4]},</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">intersectionlinewidth=2 2 2,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">intersectioncolor=(rouge) (rouge) (rouge),</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=draw**,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">]</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psPoint [](0,0.7,0.7){P}</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psdots[ dotsize=0.3,linecolor=red](P)</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\multido{\rt=0.1+10}{36}{%</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psPoint(</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">0.529 \rt\space sin mul, </font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">0.6 0.374 \rt\space cos mul sub,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">0.6 0.374 \rt\space cos mul add)%</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">{P}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psdots[dotsize=0.1](P)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psSolid[object=vecteur,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">linecolor=red,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">definition={[.05 0.3]},</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">args=%</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">0.529 \rt\space sin mul %</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">0.6 0.374 \rt\space cos mul sub %</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">0.6 0.374 \rt\space cos mul add),</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=draw**,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">](P)</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">}</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\end{pspicture}</font></div></blockquote><div><div>##############################################################</div></div><div>but when I uncomment the \psSolid[object=vecteur,... (which is inside the multido loop)</div><div>I get an error message:</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Error: /syntaxerror in -file-</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Operand stack:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; "> args</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Execution stack:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; "> %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1862 1 3 %oparray_pop 1861 1 3 %oparray_pop 1845 1 3 %oparray_pop 1739 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Dictionary stack:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; "> --dict:1150/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:80/200(L)-- --dict:769/1012(L)-- --dict:175/300(L)-- --dict:38/200(L)-- --dict:183/200(L)--</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Current allocation mode is local</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Last OS error: 2</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Current file position is 409069</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">GPL Ghostscript 8.70: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.2230-1280498478/pst3d test 1.3.6.pdf ()</div></blockquote></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; "><br></div></div><div>
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