Hi,<br />
<br />
Thanks a lot to all who responded. I have now solved the problem using <br />
your responses and the instructions given here (for which I specially <br />
thank Stefan): <br />
<br />
http://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/AdvancedTypesettingTools#latex_-<br />
>_dvips_->_ps2pdf<br />
<br />
I work on Windows XP, and the instructions worked for me. Iwan, I think <br />
your instruction works for some other OS, not Windows; there is no exe <br />
file called "simpdftex" in MikTeX.<br />
<br />
Stefan, I would not quite go with your assessment that pstricks "has <br />
been largely superseded by tikz/pgf". I see pstricks and tikz/pgf as <br />
being fully comparable, both in a very active state of development and <br />
both excellent resources. But I thank you for your help.<br />
<br />
Regards, <br />
Shailesh<br />
<br />
<br />
On Jul 14, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Stefan L?ffler wrote:<br />
<br />
> Hi,<br />
> <br />
> On 2011-07-14 01:05, Shailesh Ashok Shirali wrote:<br />
>> A typesetting option I frequently use is: dvi -> dvips -> ps2pdf. (I<br />
>> need it as I use pstricks.) However this option does not appear on <br />
the<br />
>> list of options in TeXWorks. (It does get created in TexnicCenter, <br />
for<br />
>> example.) Can it be made part of the default options in TeXWorks in <br />
a<br />
>> future release?<br />
> <br />
> In the past, this workflow has been deemed to be too advanced for the<br />
> average/new user. For one thing, it involves two file formats (dvi & <br />
ps)<br />
> that many people have never heard of before and usually don't care to<br />
> learn about. And for another, it is a complex, multi-stage <br />
typesetting<br />
> process that usually requires platform-specific code and/or scripts. <br />
In<br />
> fact, I have never heard of any reason to use this anymore except <br />
when<br />
> using pstricks (which, as I understand, has been largely superseded <br />
by<br />
> tikz/pgf?), or to include certain graphics files (which can easily be<br />
> converted, some even on-the-fly).<br />
> This doesn't mean that I want to persuade anyone not to use this<br />
> perfectly valid workflow, just adding it as a default seems<br />
> counter-productive for many people (see also the recent discussion on<br />
> LuaTeX).<br />
<br />
<br />