[pstricks] pst-pdf and scalebox (Graphics exported with DIA)

[Herbert Voss]

Jan Steffan wrote:
> On Thursday 02 June 2005 16:43, Herbert Voss wrote:
> 
>>pst-pdf in general has _nothing_ to do with PSTricks.
>>It's evident that you need pstricks, when having PSTricks related
>>macros. And pstricks.sty also redifines the \scalbox macro
>>to avoid conficts with the one of graphicx.
> 
> yes, but that's not the point.
> having 
> \usepakcage{pstricks,pst-pdf} causes the same problem, while
> \usepackage{pstricks} alone does work.
> 
> pst-pdf.sty contains the following two lines:
> \
> if at ppf@PST at used\RequirePackage{pstricks}\fi
> which loads pstricks, so I can comment \usepackage{pstricks}
> out as in the example that comes with pst-pdf.

I should think before I hit the reply button ...

> and
> \RequirePackage{graphicx}
> which seems to cause the trouble here.

pst-pdf also loads graphicx which has a \scalebox macro with
a different syntax. pstricks.sty redefines its own one
to \psscalebox and leaves the \scalebox macro to graphicx.
But DIA still uses the old one ...


\listfiles
\documentclass{minimal}

\usepackage{pst-pdf}

\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(4,1)
\psscalebox{4 1}{Test}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}


this works.


Herbert