[OS X TeX] Problem with geometry/PSTricks

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 01.06.2008 um 01:34 schrieb Herbert Schulz:

> Therefore you should include a line to include the geometry package  
> with its options (do you need to give the dvips option?).


I'm not sure what tried to express with this, but the dvips option is  
needed since PDFTricks uses dvips to create the pictures that are  
afterwards converted to clipped PDF and then simply included. My  
experiments were made with this (in GNU Emacs with AUCTeX):

	\documentclass[12pt,landscape,a4paper]{article}
	\usepackage{times}
	\usepackage{pdftricks}
	\begin{psinputs}
	  \usepackage{pstricks,pstricks-add,pst-math}
	\end{psinputs}
	\usepackage 
[a4paper,landscape,textwidth=27cm,left=0cm,textheight=19cm,top=0cm] 
{geometry}
	
	\pagestyle{empty}
	\begin{document}
	
	Hier geht's los:
	
	\begin{pdfpic}
	  \psset{unit=.875}
	  \begin{pspicture}(10,-5)(30,15)\psgrid
	    \newcommand{\f}{1/400*x^3-3/20*x^2+3*x-8}
	    \newcommand{\g}{1/400*x^3-3/20*x^2+3*x-22}
	%    \renewcommand{\f}{x 3 exp 400 div x dup mul 3 mul 20 div sub x  
3 mul add  8 sub}
	%    \renewcommand{\g}{x 3 exp 400 div x dup mul 3 mul 20 div sub x  
3 mul add 22 sub}
	    \psset{algebraic=true}
	    \psplot[linewidth=2\pslinewidth,linecolor=blue]{10}{30}{\f}
	    \psplot[linewidth=2\pslinewidth,linecolor=red]{10}{30}{\g}
	%    \psplot[linewidth=2\pslinewidth,linecolor=blue]{10}{30}{x 3 exp  
400 div x dup mul 3 mul 20 div sub x 3 mul add 8 sub}
	%    \psplot[linewidth=2\pslinewidth,linecolor=red]{10}{30}{x 3 exp  
400 div x dup mul 3 mul 20 div sub x 3 mul add 22 sub}
	  \end{pspicture}
	\end{pdfpic}
	
	What's this matter ?
	
	\end{document}
	
	%%% Local Variables:
	%%% mode: latex
	%%% TeX-master: t
	%%% TeX-command-default: "LaTeXesc"
	%%% End:

Putting the line "\usepackage[...]{geometry}" inside the psinputs  
environment creates scrap: the pictures are rotated on the landscape  
page! The line is put into the file tmp.inputs. Taking the  
"landscape" away from the geometry options restores their orientation  
– but Holger's graphs are still clipped. And the place where the  
picture is placed is *not* determined by geometry options.

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   Pete

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