PSTricks: what do you think about using [mnode=anArbitraryCommandName]?

[Denis Girou]

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    Christophe.Broult> I think that would be nice if we could specify the name of whatever command
    Christophe.Broult> accepting a single argument as the value of mnode key e.g
    Christophe.Broult> psshadowbox. Is it possible? 

  Yes, it's easy and you can do what you want. Of course, you can use the
standard LaTeX macro mechanism, but if you found the coding too boring for
that, you can define easily your own node formats.

  If you want to use the centering form of \rnode rather than \Rnode, use
\rnode at iv in place of \Rnode at ii

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pst-node}

\begin{document}

\newcommand{\SB}[1]{\psshadowbox{#1}}

\begin{psmatrix}
  \SB{A} & \SB{B}
\end{psmatrix}

\vspace{1cm}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\mnode at MyNode}{%
\psshadowbox[linecolor=red]{\rnode at iii\Rnode at ii{\psm at thenode}}}
\makeatother

\begin{psmatrix}[mnode=MyNode]
  A & B
\end{psmatrix}

\vspace{1cm}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\mnode at MyNode}{%
\psdblframebox[linecolor=green]{\rnode at iii\Rnode at ii{\psm at thenode}}}
\makeatother

\begin{psmatrix}
  A & [mnode=MyNode] B & C
\end{psmatrix}

\end{document}


    Jean-Francois.Mertens> it would be more pleasant to have some more
    Jean-Francois.Mertens> flexibility, and that ideally any node type could be used anywhere, even
    Jean-Francois.Mertens> in the psmatrix and pstree environments.

  For trees, you have to define your own macros:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pst-tree}

\begin{document}

\newcommand{\MyTreeNode}[1]{\TR{\psshadowbox[linecolor=red]{#1}}}

\pstree{\MyTreeNode{Root}}
       {\MyTreeNode{A}
        \TR{B}
        \MyTreeNode{C}}

\end{document}

D.G.

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