[pstricks] implicit plots

Zbigniew Nitecki zbigniew.nitecki at tufts.edu
Sat May 8 16:53:55 CEST 2010


The following code (as minimal as it gets, except for calling un-needed ps packages)
is intended to draw the ellipse 
	5x^2-6xy+5y^2=5:

> %!TEX TS-program =  latex
> \listfiles
> \documentclass[11pt]{article}
> \usepackage{pst-plot, pst-math}
> \usepackage{pst-solides3d}
> \usepackage{pst-3dplot, pst-func}
> \usepackage{pst-grad}
> \usepackage{pstricks-add}
> 
> \begin{document}
> 		\begin{pspicture}(-3,-3)(3,3)
> 			\psplotImp[algebraic](-4,-4)(4,4){5*x^{2}-6*x*y+5*y^{2}-5}
> 		\end{pspicture}
> 
> \end{document}  


It yields the following error (I give the complete console contents, including file list):

> ### This is /usr/texbin/simpdftex, Version 20070809
> ### /usr/texbin/latex tempPicturetest.tex
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009)
> entering extended mode
> (./tempPicturetest.tex
> LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
> Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
> yphenation, german-x-2009-06-19, ngerman-x-2009-06-19, ancientgreek, ibycus, ar
> abic, basque, bulgarian, catalan, pinyin, coptic, croatian, czech, danish, dutc
> h, esperanto, estonian, farsi, finnish, french, galician, german, ngerman, mono
> greek, greek, hungarian, icelandic, indonesian, interlingua, irish, italian, ku
> rmanji, latin, latvian, lithuanian, mongolian, mongolian2a, bokmal, nynorsk, po
> lish, portuguese, romanian, russian, sanskrit, serbian, slovak, slovenian, span
> ish, swedish, turkish, ukenglish, ukrainian, uppersorbian, welsh, loaded.
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
> Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pstricks/pst-plot.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pstricks/pstricks.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks.tex
> `PSTricks' v1.29  <2009/05/19> (tvz)
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks.con))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/color.cfg)
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def)))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pst-plot.tex
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/multido/multido.tex
>  v1.41, 2004/05/18 <tvz>)  v1.04, 2009/06/08))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-math/pst-math.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-math/pst-math.tex
> `pst-math' v0.23 , (CJ,hv)))
> (/Users/zbigniewnitecki/Library/texmf/tex/latex/pst-solides3d/pst-solides3d.sty
> 
> (/Users/zbigniewnitecki/Library/texmf/tex/latex/pst-solides3d/pst-solides3d.tex
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pst-node.tex
>  v1.01, 2008/11/26)
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/pst-xkey.tex
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkeyval.tex
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/keyval.tex))))
> `PSTSOLIDESIIID' v4.16, 2009/08/11))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-3dplot/pst-3dplot.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-3dplot/pst-3dplot.tex
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks-add/pstricks-add.tex
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-3d/pst-3d.tex
> `PST-3d' v1.00, 2005/09/03 (tvz))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks-add/pst-fp.tex
> `pst-fp' v0.02, 2009/04/02 (hv)) `pstricks-add' v3.35, 2009/10/12 (dr,hv))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/multido/multido.tex
>  v1.41, 2004/05/18 <tvz>) `PST-3dplot' v1.86, 2009/10/06 (HV,DL)))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-func/pst-func.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-func/pst-func.tex
> `PST-func' v0.60, 2009/10/08 (hv)))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-grad/pst-grad.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-grad/pst-grad.tex
> `pst-grad' v1.06, 2006/11/27 (tvz,dg,hv)))
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pstricks-add/pstricks-add.sty
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks-add/pstricks-add.tex))
>  (./tempPicturetest.aux) [1] (./tempPicturetest.aux)
> 
>  *File List*
>  article.cls    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
>   size11.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
> pst-plot.sty    2004/07/15 package wrapper for pst-plot.tex
> pstricks.sty    2008/11/26 v0.40 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)
> pstricks.tex    2009/05/19 v1.29 `PSTricks' (tvz,hv)
>   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)
> pst-plot.tex    2009/06/08 1.04 `pst-plot' (tvz)
> pst-math.sty    2009/01/20 package wrapper for PSTricks pst-math.tex
> pst-solides3d.sty    2009/07/25 package wrapper for pst-solides3d
> pst-solides3d.tex    2009/08/11 v4.16 `PST-solides3D'
> pst-xkey.tex    2005/11/25 v1.6 PSTricks specialization of xkeyval (HA)
>  xkeyval.sty    2008/08/13 v2.6a package option processing (HA)
>  xkeyval.tex    2008/08/13 v2.6a key=value parser (HA)
>  solides.pro    2008/10/30 v. 4.13, PostScript prologue file
> pst-3dplot.sty    2009/07/28 package wrapper for pst-3dplot.tex (hv)
> pst-3dplot.tex    2009/10/06 v1.86 `PST-3dplot' (hv)
> pst-func.sty    2008/03/21 package wrapper for pst-func.tex (hv)
> pst-func.tex    2009/10/08 v0.60 `PST-func' (hv)
> pst-grad.sty    2004/07/15 package wrapper for pst-grad.tex (hv)
> pst-grad.tex    2006/11/27 1.06 `pst-grad' (tvz)
> pstricks-add.sty    2009/03/17 v. 0.13 package wrapper for pstricks-add.tex (hv
> )
> pstricks-add.tex    2006/11/27 v1.06 `PSTricks-add' (hv)
>  ***********
> 
>  )
> Output written on tempPicturetest.dvi (1 page, 1696 bytes).
> Transcript written on tempPicturetest.log.
> ### /usr/texbin/dvips -R -Poutline  -o /tmp/altpdflatex.1864-1273330078/tempPicturetest.ps tempPicturetest.dvi
> This is dvips(k) 5.98 Copyright 2009 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
> ' TeX output 2010.05.08:1047' -> /tmp/altpdflatex.1864-1273330078/tempPicturetest.ps
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf/dvips/base/tex.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pst-algparser.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pst-dots.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pst-math/pst-math.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pst-node.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pst-solides3d/solides.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks-add/pstricks-add.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pst-3dplot/pst-3dplot.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pst-func/pst-func.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/dvips/pst-grad/pst-grad.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf/dvips/base/texps.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf/dvips/base/special.pro>
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf/dvips/base/color.pro>. 
> </usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>
> [1] 
> ### ps2pdf13 /tmp/altpdflatex.1864-1273330078/tempPicturetest.ps /tmp/altpdflatex.1864-1273330078/tempPicturetest.pdf
> Error: /undefined in 
> Operand stack:
>    5.0   -4
> Execution stack:
>    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1862   1   3   %oparray_pop   1861   1   3   %oparray_pop   1845   1   3   %oparray_pop   1739   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> Dictionary stack:
>    --dict:1150/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:113/200(L)--   --dict:739/1012(L)--   --dict:175/300(L)--   --dict:38/200(L)--   --dict:108/200(L)--   --dict:13/22(L)--
> Current allocation mode is local
> Last OS error: 2
> Current file position is 414478
> GPL Ghostscript 8.70: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> ### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.1864-1273330078/tempPicturetest.pdf ()

I copied the one command, changing only the input content, from Herbert's email of 8/8/08 to Hamed Al-Sulami .  So what am I doing wrong now?
Am I using an outdated package?

Zbigniew Nitecki
Department of Mathematics
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155

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