[pstricks] More first time troubles
Michael S Cloud
mcloud1 at gmu.edu
Wed Apr 27 03:23:14 CEST 2011
I wanted to thank herbert and Doris for their help. With that help I was able to get past the problem I had, and I can now get Miktex to build with pst function, but I'm having more problems. I'll put off asking until I've searched around to find any solutions.
Thanks again
Mike
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> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:12:45 +0000
> From: Lu?s Lopes <qed_texte at hotmail.com>
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> Subject: [pstricks] label white background in a yellow filled triangle
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> Dear list members,
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> I have a yellow filled triangle and a label written in blue
> in it.
>
> Is there a way to put a white background under the label?
>
> As always, thank you for your time.
>
> Luis
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> From: Patrice M?GRET <Patrice.MEGRET at umons.ac.be>
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> Subject: Re: [pstricks] label white background in a yellow filled
> triangle
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> Hi Luis,
>
> Here is a way to do with \psframebox*{}
>
> \documentclass{report}
>
> \usepackage{pstricks}
>
> \begin{document}
> \begin{pspicture}(10,5)
> \psgrid
> \pspolygon[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=yellow](1,3)(4,0)
> \rput(1,0.5){\psframebox*{\textcolor{blue}{Texte}}}
> \end{pspicture}
>
> \end{document}
>
> If the backgound color should be other than white (here red) then
> use \psframebox[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=red,linestyle=none]{\textcolor{blue}{Texte}}
>
> Best regards,
>
> Patrice
>
>
>
> De : pstricks-bounces at tug.org [mailto:pstricks-bounces at tug.org] De
> la part de Lu?s Lopes
> Envoy? : mercredi 20 avril 2011 17:13
> ? : pstricks at tug.org
> Objet : [pstricks] label white background in a yellow filled triangle
>
> Dear list members,
>
> I have a yellow filled triangle and a label written in blue
> in it.
>
> Is there a way to put a white background under the label?
>
> As always, thank you for your time.
>
> Luis
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> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:57:58 -0400
> From: Michael S Cloud <mcloud1 at gmu.edu>
> To: pstricks at tug.org
> Subject: [pstricks] More first time troubles
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> Hi
>
> With the help of folks on here I got my pstricks in Miktek to
> build with no pstricks commands actually being used. However,
> when I add in the following single line it fails. The line is
> \pscircle{1.5} so basically my code looks like
>
> \usepackage{pstricks}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> some text and math sections
>
> \pscircle{1.5}%
>
> some more text
>
> \begin{bibliography}
>
> bib stuff
>
> \end{bibliography}
>
> \end{document}
>
>
>
> I get 4 errors on compiling all of which disappear if I take out
> the pscircle command.
> The errors are:
> 1.91 \pscircle{1.5} !Undefined control sequence. <recently read>
> \c at lor@to at ps!Undefined control sequence \XC at usec@lor ...string
> \color@ #1#2\endcsname \@@ \fi \space
> !Undefined control sequence. <recently read> \c at lor@to at ps
> !Undefined control sequence \XC at usec@lor ...string \color@
> #1#2\endcsname \@@ \fi \space
>
> I've tried using different packages such as pstcol (as per
> pstricks document) I've tried including or not including various
> other graphics packages such as graphicx and color none of this
> makes any difference. The PSTricks documentation talks about
> problems with delimiters but my code has only the barest of
> delimiters. I put in comment symbols (%) to ensure I didn't have
> a problem there, following PSTricks docs suggestions. None of
> this is working.
>
> It seems likely the problem is in Miktex, not pstricks, but the
> Miktex documentation I'm aware of doesn't discuss issues with
> specific packages other than the one problem I had last time...
>
> So... If anyone knows what's going on... I sure would appreciate it.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:08:19 +0200
> From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE>
> To: Graphics with PSTricks <pstricks at tug.org>
> Subject: Re: [pstricks] More first time troubles
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> Am 20.04.2011 17:57, schrieb Michael S Cloud:
>
> > With the help of folks on here I got my pstricks in Miktek
> to build with no pstricks commands actually being used. However,
> when I add in the following single line it fails. The line is
> \pscircle{1.5} so basically my code looks like
>
> > I get 4 errors on compiling all of which disappear if I take out
> the pscircle command.
> > The errors are:
> > 1.91 \pscircle{1.5} !Undefined control sequence.<recently read>
> \c at lor@to at ps
> you should do what Doris already wrote:
> http://www.tug.org/pipermail/pstricks/2011/008812.html
>
> this means that you cannot run pdflatex directly.
>
>
> Herbert
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:21:44 +0200
> From: Doris Behrendt <doris.behrendt at me.com>
> To: Graphics with PSTricks <pstricks at tug.org>
> Subject: Re: [pstricks] More first time troubles
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> herbert, michael,
>
> > you should do what Doris already wrote:
> > http://www.tug.org/pipermail/pstricks/2011/008812.html
> >
>
> no! this was an answer to a mail of s.fleming on a mac, not to
> michael;
> but also yes: s.fleming had a problem similar to yours, I guess:
> it
> seems that you are using pdflatex; what frontend are you using?
> texworks or texniccenter?
>
> there are 2 ways to use pstricks:
>
> 1.) pdflatex together with the package auto-pst-pdf (read the
> documentation of the package!!!!!!)
> 2.) not pdflatex, but the workaround latex-dvips-ps2pdf and no
> extra
> package (except of course the pstricks package and its connected
> packages like pst-plot etc.); in this case you have got to change
> the
> default of your frontend (which is usually pdflatex);
>
> how you can change the default of the frontend, depends of the
> frontend you are using;
>
> hope this helps
>
> doris
>
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