[pstricks] pst-node psDefBoxNodes and babel french

[Herbert Voss]

Am 17.11.2012 23:03, schrieb François Couloigner:
> this code generates (latex+dvips) a bad postscript file :
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{pst-node}
> \usepackage[french]{babel}
> \begin{document}

\shorthandoff{:}

> \psDefBoxNodes{nom}{contenu}
> \psdots(nom:tl)
> \end{document}
>
> Is there a knwon incompatibility between pst-node and babel with french
> option ?


the colon is an active character in french. With \shorthandoff
it is a normal one. You can put all it into a group
\begingroup ... \endgroup
if you have a colon in the default text.

Herbert