[pstricks] Fraction line missing when using \pstextpath

Nikos Apostolakis nikos.ap at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 23:55:21 CET 2007


On Dec 7, 2007 5:39 PM, Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Nikos Apostolakis schrieb:
>
> > \pstextpath{\psline[linestyle=none](0.66,0.66)(0.91923881554251174,0.91923881554251174)}
> >                 {\red $\theta = \dfrac{\pi}{4}$}
> > \end{pspicture}
> > }%
> > \end{document}
> > ----- 8< -----
> >
> > I get the following figure:
> >
> > http://xrl.us/nikosap/tmp/pst-ex.eps
> >
> > notice that the fraction line for pi/4 is missing.  I got this in Debian
> > testing/unstable giving the command:
> >
> > dvips -E pst-ex.dvi -o pst-ex.eps
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> I suppose a problem with the viewer. Did you also print it?
>

I don't think this is a viewer problem.  I did print it and still the
fraction line
wasn't visible.  Ditto if I convert it to png:

http://xrl.us/nikosap/tmp/pst-ex.png

> However, instead of using \pstextpath, use
>
> \rput[l]{45}(0.7,0.7){\red $\theta = \dfrac{\pi}{4}$}
>
> it does the same.

Yes, this is much simpler and it works.  Thanks a lot.

Nikos



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