[pstricks] Figures in .ps file

[Maria Angela Weiss]

> Pstricks is meant to be embedded in a TeX or LaTeX file. So If you
> are creating your document in plain TeX, LaTeX, or pdfetex/pdfelatex in 
> dvi mode then the picture will be inserted where you describe it. If
> however you are using some other method to typeset your paper then you
> can create the image as a standalone ps file. Then you can use some
> image manipulation program to reduce the ps file to a correctly sized
> eps file. I use Gimp.
> 
> Are you using some form of TeX for your paper?
> 
Yes, I use latex, but not everyone shares a pstyrick package, so I
decided to convert in .ps and insert the figure as a .ps file everyone can
read.

Thanks for the hints,
Angela