[pstricks] pdflatex question

[Iosif Pinelis]

Sorry for a wrong subject of my previous message!

Iosif Pinelis wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have received a message from the editorial assistant of a journal, 
> saying
>
>
>> Would you know how I can successfully run PDFLaTeX on your file? The
>> problem is the pspictures. I need PDFLaTex to generate the JIPAM files.
>
>
> Apparently the problem is with pictures like this:
>
> \usepackage{pstricks}
>
> %% My definition
> \newcommand{\mvec}[1]{\mbox{\bfseries\itshape #1}}
> \renewcommand{\u}{\,%
> \psset{unit=.7pt}
> \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(9,10)%(10,20)
> %\psset{unit=1pt}
> \psline[linewidth=.3pt,origin={0,1}]{-}(0,0)(2,5)(7,5)(9,10)
> \end{pspicture}
>
> I use either TeXnicCenter to produce pdf files on Windows (without 
> knowing how the black box works) or, on Linux, dvips -o followed by 
> ps2pdf. I don't use pdflatex explicitly. Could you please tell me what 
> the problem may be and how to solve it? Thank you.
>
> Iosif Pinelis