[pstricks] Re: newpsstyle and pst-3dplot compatibility when xMin, etc. included

[Herbert Voss]

Richard Hensh wrote:
> Maybe someone can help.
> 
> The first picture below compiles successfully while the second does not.

I do not really know why, but this helps. Have to investigate here

  \newpsstyle{myThreeDStyle}%
      {linewidth=1.5pt,linecolor=gray,xMin=\xMin,xMax=\xMax%
      ,yMin=\yMin,yMax=\yMax,zMin=\zMin,zMax=\zMax,}%
                                                ^^^^^

Herbert


> %% Start LaTeX code fragment
> 
> \def\xmin{-4}\def\xmax{6}
> \def\ymin{-4}\def\ymax{6}
> % For pst-3dplot
> \def\xMin{-1}\def\xMax{8}
> \def\yMin{-1}\def\yMax{5}
> \def\zMin{-1}\def\zMax{5}
> \def\angAlpha{75}\def\angBeta{20}
> 
> \newpsstyle{myThreeDStyle}%
>     {linewidth=1.5pt,linecolor=gray}%
> 
> \psset{Alpha=\angAlpha,Beta=\angBeta}
> \begin{pspicture}(\xmin,\ymin)(\xmax,\ymax)\showgrid
>     \pstThreeDCoor[style=myThreeDStyle,xMin=\xMin,xMax=\xMax%
>     ,yMin=\yMin,yMax=\yMax,zMin=\zMin,zMax=\zMax]
> \end{pspicture}
> 
> \bigskip
> 
> \newpsstyle{myThreeDStyle}%
>     {linewidth=1.5pt,linecolor=gray,xMin=\xMin,xMax=\xMax%
>     ,yMin=\yMin,yMax=\yMax,zMin=\zMin,zMax=\zMax}%
> 
> \begin{pspicture}(\xmin,\ymin)(\xmax,\ymax)%\showgrid
>     \pstThreeDCoor[style=myThreeDStyle]
> \end{pspicture}
> 
> %% End code fragment
> 
> The second environment generates the error message:
> 
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> <argument> \@nil
> 
> l.50     \pstThreeDCoor[style=myThreeDStyle]
> 
> ?
> 
> 
> Any thoughts? I've tried variations using \psset, etc. All failed with the
> same error once I started trying to add numerical assignments to
> myThreeDStyle. Obviously you can't do that...but why?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> ricky
> 
> 
> 

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