[pstricks] naming conventions for macros in pst-* packages

[Herbert Voss]

Alexander Grahn schrieb:

> I am putting together a small PSTricks extension package for solving
> ODEs. PSTricks add-ons are usually named as pst-*.{tex,sty}. Is there
> also a naming convention for the macros defined therein? I have seen
> macro names beginning with \ps... and \pst... but also names that do
> not give immediate allusion to PSTricks.

Alexander,
there are no real conventions for choosing names. However, using \ps or
\pst makes sense

Herbert