[pstricks] Why ps2pdf cannot handle this documet

[Carsten Vogel]

Am 04.03.2011 07:19, schrieb Per Ting:
> \begin{pspicture*}(-6.06,-5.78)(10.36,6.4)
> \parametricplot[linewidth=1.2pt]{0.0}{6.28319}{3*cos(t)^3 | 5*sin(t)^5}

1.) Using the "school" syntax you need to add "algebraic=true" or you 
have to use the RPN (reverse polish notation) of PostScript-Language.
2.) You are going to encounter a "bad" drawstyle, even using 
plotstyle=curve (since the edges get overdrawn in circular shape), best 
results (so far): use plotpoints=1000. Surely this needs to be adjusted 
in case that the image is resized to extremly large (or small) size.
3.) The size of that pspicture is not matching the paperformat, though 
the image is placed acceptable centered on that page. You might want to 
add a \noindent\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{...<content>..}
4.) Since you are not sure about parskip/parindent it's always nice to 
place \noindent in front of that pspicture environment.

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\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}

\begin{document}
\noindent\begin{pspicture*}(-6.06,-5.78)(10.36,6.4)
\parametricplot[plotpoints=1000,linewidth=1.2pt,algebraic=true]{0.0}{6.28319}{3*cos(t)^3 
| 5*sin(t)^5}
\end{pspicture*}
\end{document}