[pstricks] Problem with pstricks-add (psgraph) and pst-pdf

Bruce Burlton bruceburlton at sympatico.ca
Mon Dec 31 17:08:15 CET 2007


I have a problem that I cannot resolve when I use the psgraph together with pst-pdf,as shown in the minimal example below.  The original data file is much longer, and created externally.  I have truncated it and used the filecontents package for brevity.  I am running WinXP/SP2 with MiKteX and WinEdt.

When \pst-pdf is "uncommented", I get the following error, when I compile using LaTeX

Runaway argument?
{0,40})({366,70})\pr at endbox {10cm}{5cm}\readdata {\datafile }{./data/\ETC.
! Paragraph ended before \psgraph at ii was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par 

If I comment the \pst-pdf line, and run LaTeX -> dvips -> pspdf, I get the output I expect and desire.

The reason that I wish to use \pst-pdf is that I am producing large lecture notes and slides (a la beamer) which also have many .jpegs 

and .png included.  I seem to be able to incorporate other pstricks related images, but suffer the failure when I try to use psgraph.

An additional question, if I may.  I used to use the ps4pdf package instead of pst-pdf.  It worked quite well, given that all the pstricks code had to be "bracketted" with  PSforPDF{ ... }.  Unfortunately it seems to have been removed, and near as I can tell superceded by \pst-pdf.  Can anyone tell me what happened here?  


\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{datafile1.dat}
0.00000000,54.188
1.00000000,54.164
2.00000000,54.136
3.00000000,54.105
4.00000000,54.071
5.00000000,54.033
6.00000000,53.992
7.00000000,53.947
8.00000000,53.899
9.00000000,53.847
10.00000000,53.792
\end{filecontents*}

\listfiles

\usepackage{pst-pdf}%

\usepackage{pstricks-add}%

\begin{document}

\psset{yAxisLabel=Beta Angle (degrees),xAxisLabel={Days from Vernal Equinox},%
  xAxisLabelPos={5cm,5.75cm},yAxisLabelPos={-1.cm,9cm}}%
\begin{psgraph}[axesstyle=frame,{xticksize=0 30},{yticksize=0 366},Dx=50,Dy=10,Oy=40](0,40)(366,70){10cm}{5cm}%
  \readdata{\datafile}{./datafile1.dat}%
  \listplot[linecolor=red]{\datafile1}%
\end{psgraph}%

\end{document}

The output of listfile (with \pst-pdf commented)

 *File List*
 article.cls    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
filecontents.sty    2006/03/11 v1.1a Create an external file from within a LaTeX document
pstricks-add.sty    2007/09/03 v. 0.11 package wrapper for pstricks-add.tex (hv)
pstricks.sty    2006/08/10 v0.32 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)
pstricks.tex    2006/12/22 v1.15 `PSTricks' (tvz)
  xcolor.sty    2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
   color.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
   dvips.def    1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
pstricks-add.tex    2008/01/01 v3.00 `PSTricks-add' (hv)
pst-xkey.tex    2005/11/25 v1.6 PSTricks specialization of xkeyval (HA)
 xkeyval.sty    2006/11/18 v2.5f package option processing (HA)
 xkeyval.tex    2006/11/18 v2.5f key=value parser (HA)
pstricks-add.pro    2007/11/18 v. 0.15, PostScript prologue file (hv)
 ***********

If I comment all he psgraph code, the listfile produces

*File List*
 article.cls    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
  size10.clo    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
filecontents.sty    2006/03/11 v1.1a Create an external file from within a LaTeX document
 pst-pdf.sty    2007/06/04 v1.1p PS graphics for pdfLaTeX (RN,HjG)
graphicx.sty    1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
  keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
graphics.sty    2006/02/20 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
    trig.sty    1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 graphics configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
   dvips.def    1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
pstricks.sty    2006/08/10 v0.32 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)
pstricks.tex    2006/12/22 v1.15 `PSTricks' (tvz)
  xcolor.sty    2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
   color.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
 preview.sty    2006/08/25 11.84 (AUCTeX/preview-latex)prtightpage.def
  pdftex.def    2007/06/12 v0.04h Graphics/color for pdfTeX
pstricks-add.sty    2007/09/03 v. 0.11 package wrapper for pstricks-add.tex (hv)
pstricks-add.tex    2008/01/01 v3.00 `PSTricks-add' (hv)
pst-xkey.tex    2005/11/25 v1.6 PSTricks specialization of xkeyval (HA)
 xkeyval.sty    2006/11/18 v2.5f package option processing (HA)
 xkeyval.tex    2006/11/18 v2.5f key=value parser (HA)
pstricks-add.pro    2007/11/18 v. 0.15, PostScript prologue file (hv)
 ***********

Bruce Burlton
Carleton University
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