<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>thanks for the work around.</P>
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<P>george</P>
<P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Charlie Sharpsteen" <chuck@sharpsteen.net><BR>To: texworks@tug.org<BR>Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 8:01:20 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<BR>Subject: Re: [texworks] PSTricks problem<BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 3:56 PM, <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:GeorgeFLeCompte@comcast.net" target=_blank>GeorgeFLeCompte@comcast.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<P><BR>Im using texworks under Windows Vista Home Premium.</P>
<P>File Simple.tex is taken from LaTeX Graphics Companion section 4.6.</P>
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<P>When I attempt to run it i get messenges ending in:</P>
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<P>! Undefined control sequence.</P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px"><recently read> \c@lor@to@ps </P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px">l.12 \ncline{A}{B}</P>
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<P>I can't relate this to the program. Please help or stear me to a more appropriate site.</P>
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<P>george</P></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
<DIV>I would imagine this is because you are using the pdfLaTeX command in TeXworks. pstricks only works when output is directed to a postscript (.ps) file, not a pdf file. This involves setting up a typesetting command that executes the following steps:</DIV>
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<DIV> - Runs latex on your .tex file (instead of pdflatex)</DIV>
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<DIV> - Runs dvips on the resulting .dvi file</DIV>
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<DIV> - Runs ps2pdf on the resulting .ps file</DIV>
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<DIV>This will involve setting up three new commands in the TeXworks menu:</DIV>
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<DIV> Preferences -> Typesetting</DIV>
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<DIV>You could probably reduce this to one command by writing a batch file/shell script that invokes each program in order.</DIV>
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<DIV>Personally, I would recommend sticking with pdfLaTeX and taking a look at the TikZ package which provides much of the functionality of pstricks without requiring that a certain version of the LaTeX compiler be used. You can find some nice examples of TikZ output and usage at:</DIV>
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<DIV> <A href="http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/all/date/" target=_blank>http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/all/date/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Good luck!</DIV>
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<DIV>-Charlie</DIV></div></body></html>