[pstricks] PSTricks packages

[Christophe Jorssen]

On Monday, July 19, 2004 8:16 AM [GMT+1=CET],
Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at alumni.tu-berlin.de> wrote :

> Hello,
> Rolf updated the LaTeX files in CTAN: /graphics/pstricks/latex
> With these changes LaTeX writes more information into the
> logfile, e.g.:
>
> pst-3dplot.sty    2004/07/15 package wrapper for pst-3dplot.tex (hv)
> pst-3dplot.tex    2004/05/18 v1.41 `PST-3dplot' (hv)
>
> If you write a new package or update an existing one, please
> use the following structure for the wrapper (style) file.
>
>
> \RequirePackage{pstricks}
> \ProvidesPackage{pst-3d}[2004/07/15 package wrapper for pst-3d.tex]
> \input{pst-3d.tex}
> \ProvidesFile{pst-3d.tex}
>    [\filedate\space \fileversion\space `pst-3d' (tvz)]
>
>
> and the TeX file should contain the fileversion and date
>
> \def\fileversion{1.33}
> \def\filedate{2004/07/16}

In addition, I think that one must pay attention not to define \fileversion
and \filedate before loading any required package in the .tex

For instance, when fp is required,

\input fp.tex
\def\fileversion ...

since fp defines also a \fileversion macro.

--
Kristof