[pstricks] problem running pst-electricfield

Thu Oct 13 12:40:48 CEST 2011

Try to produce a dvi-file, then a ps-file with dvips. And produce the
pdf with another program (for windows there is freePDF.exe (free!) or
with Acrobat pro) or on MAC with ps2pdf:
terminal command line: latex el; dvips el; ps2pdf el.ps .

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2011/10/13, Kari Eloranta <kari.eloranta at gmail.com>:
> I have a problem running MacTeX 2011 in OS X Lion 10.7.1 and 10.7.2. The
> files including commands from pst-electricfield that compiled OK previously,
> do not convert to pdf any more.
>
> For example,
>
> \documentclass{memoir}
>
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage[finnish, english]{babel}
> \usepackage{etex}
>
> \usepackage{pstricks}
> \usepackage{pst-electricfield}
>
> \begin{document}
>  \begin{pspicture*}(-6,-6)(6,6)
>    \psframe*[linecolor=lightgray!50](-6,-6)(6,6)
>    \psgrid[subgriddiv=0,gridcolor=gray,griddots=10]
>    \psElectricfield[Q={[-1 -2 2][1 2 2][-1 2 -2][1 -2 -2]},linecolor=red] 5
>    \psEquipotential[Q={[-1 -2 2][1 2 2][-1 2 -2][1 -2
> -2]},linecolor=blue](-6.1,-6.1)(6.1,6.1)
>    \psEquipotential[Q={[-1 -2 2][1 2 2][-1 2 -2][1 -2
> -2]},linecolor=green,linewidth=2
>    \pslinewidth,Vmax=0,Vmin=0](-6.1,-6.1)(6.1,6.1) 7
>  \end{pspicture*}
> \end{document}
>
> result in
>
> ### This is /usr/texbin/simpdftex, Version 20070809
>
> ### /usr/texbin/latex el.tex
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-1.40.12 (TeX Live 2011)
>
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
>
> entering extended mode
>
> (./el.tex
>
> LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
>
> Babel <v3.8m> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation,
> ge
>
> rman-x-2011-07-01, ngerman-x-2011-07-01, afrikaans, ancientgreek, ibycus,
> arabi
>
> c, armenian, basque, bulgarian, catalan, pinyin, coptic, croatian, czech,
> danis
>
> h, dutch, ukenglish, usenglishmax, esperanto, estonian, ethiopic, farsi,
> finnis
>
> h, french, galician, german, ngerman, swissgerman, monogreek, greek,
> hungarian,
>
>  icelandic, assamese, bengali, gujarati, hindi, kannada, malayalam, marathi,
> or
>
> iya, panjabi, tamil, telugu, indonesian, interlingua, irish, italian,
> kurmanji,
>
>  lao, latin, latvian, lithuanian, mongolian, mongolianlmc, bokmal, nynorsk,
> pol
>
> ish, portuguese, romanian, russian, sanskrit, serbian, serbianc, slovak,
> sloven
>
> ian, spanish, swedish, turkish, turkmen, ukrainian, uppersorbian, welsh,
> loaded
>
> .
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/memoir/memoir.cls
>
> Document Class: memoir 2011/03/06 v3.6j configurable book, report, article
> docu
>
> ment class
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifpdf.sty)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/ifxetex/ifxetex.sty)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifluatex.sty)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/memoir/mem10.clo)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/memoir/mempatch.sty))
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def))
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/finnish.ldf
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def))
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/english.ldf))
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pstricks/pstricks.sty
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks.tex
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/pst-xkey.tex
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.sty
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkeyval.tex
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/keyval.tex))))
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pst-fp.tex
>
> `pst-fp' v0.05, 2010/01/17 (hv))
>
> `PSTricks' v2.23  <2011/09/04> (tvz)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks.con))
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pst-fp.tex)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/color.cfg)
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def)))
>
> (/Users/kari/Library/texmf/tex/latex/pst-electricfield/pst-electricfield.sty
>
> (/Users/kari/Library/texmf/tex/latex/pst-electricfield/pst-electricfield.tex
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/multido/multido.tex
>
>  v1.42, 2010/05/14 <tvz>) `pst-electricfield' v0.13, 2010/06/09 (ml,jg,hv)))
>
> (./el.aux)
>
> Overfull \hbox (25.43048pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 18--19
>
> [][]
>
>
> Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 18--19
>
>
> [1] (./el.aux) )
>
> (see the transcript file for additional information)
>
> Output written on el.dvi (1 page, 2992 bytes).
>
> Transcript written on el.log.
>
> ### /usr/texbin/dvips -R -Poutline  -o /tmp/altpdflatex.5075-1318499992/
> el.ps el.dvi
>
> This is dvips(k) 5.991 Copyright 2011 Radical Eye Software (
> www.radicaleye.com)
>
> ' TeX output 2011.10.13:1259' -> /tmp/altpdflatex.5075-1318499992/el.ps
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf/dvips/base/tex.pro>
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pstricks.pro>
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pst-algparser.pro>
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pst-tools.pro>
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/dvips/pstricks/pst-dots.pro>
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/dvips/pst-electricfield/
> pst-electricfield.pro>
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/cm-super/cm-super-t1.enc>
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf/dvips/base/texps.pro>
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf/dvips/base/special.pro>
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf/dvips/base/color.pro>.
>
> </usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/cm-super/sfrm1000.pfb>
>
> [1]
>
> ### /usr/bin/pstopdf
> /tmp/altpdflatex.5075-1318499992/el.ps/tmp/altpdflatex.5075-1318499992/el.pdf
>
> /usr/bin/pstopdf failed on file /tmp/altpdflatex.5075-1318499992/el.ps with
> error code -31000
>
> %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: arrowscale ]%%
>
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
>
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
>
> ### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.5075-1318499992/el.pdf ()
>
> I would appreciate any help you can possibly provide.
>
> Best regards,
>   Kari
> --
> **************************************************************
> Kari Eloranta
> Ketunpolku 1
> 40400 JYVÄSKYLÄ FINLAND
> Tel: +358 40 586 7654
>