[pstricks] \ncdiag problem in TeXLive-2010

[Michael Sharpe]

On Oct 9, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Thomas Koepsell wrote:

> 
> I just installed TeXLive 2010 (MacTex version) and now find that the \ncdiag command in pst-node causes a fatal error at the Ghostscript stage. An example:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> \documentclass[12pt,letter]{article}
> \usepackage{pst-node}
> 
> \begin{document}
> 
> \begin{tabular}{ccc}
>  \Rnode{A}{Hello} \\
>   & & \Rnode{B}{Goodbye}
> \end{tabular}
> \ncdiag[angleB=180, arm=0]{A}{B}
> 
> \end{document}
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This code works fine under TeXLive-2009, and there is no problem in TeXLive-2010 if \ncline is used rather than \ncdiag to connect the nodes. But with the above code under TeXLive-2010, the last part of the log-file reads:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ...
> ### ps2pdf13 /tmp/altpdflatex.13310-1286661205/Doodle.ps /tmp/altpdflatex.13310-1286661205/Doodle.pdf
> Error: /stackunderflow in --exch--
> Operand stack:
>   lineAngle
> Execution stack:
>   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval-- --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval-- --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1878   1   3   %oparray_pop 1877   1   3   %oparray_pop   1861   1   3   %oparray_pop   1755   1   3 %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2 --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
> Dictionary stack:
>   --dict:1153/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:73/200(L)-- --dict:180/300(L)--   --dict:109/200(L)--   --dict:71/400(L)--
> Current allocation mode is local
> Last OS error: 2
> Current file position is 80177
> GPL Ghostscript 8.71: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> ### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.13310-1286661205/Doodle.pdf ()
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Any ideas what's wrong?  Is there a work-around?  Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> 

Your code worked without problems for me with a similar setup---MacTeX 2010. I have updated since installing MacTeX 2010 using TeX Live Utility. If you haven't done this recently, it would be a good idea to do so. Here's the result of \listfiles.

 *File List*
 article.cls    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
  size12.clo    2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
pst-node.sty    2010/04/22 package wrapper for pst-node.tex
pstricks.sty    2010/08/28 v0.46 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)
pstricks.tex    2010/09/16 v2.12 `PSTricks' (tvz,hv)
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)
  pst-fp.tex    2010/09/16 v2.12 `PST-fp' (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-node.tex    2010/06/06 1.13 `pst-node' (tvz)


Michael