[pstricks] PSTricks Digest, Vol 214, Issue 4
John Was
johnoxuk at gmail.com
Thu Feb 11 12:00:30 CET 2021
Thanks Herbert. I had suspected it might be something to do with my older
installation of XeTeX. I moved the current version of pst-text into the
directory of the book I am working on and there are now no compilation
errors - however, no outline text either!
It's not quite true (in my case at least) that it makes no sense to use an
older installation. I abandoned the 2020 version of XeTeX a couple of days
after installation since it messed up a periodical issue I was working on
(it placed the message 'ifpdf [2016/04/04 v3.0 Provides the ifpdf switch]'
at the head of the first page) - something I could eliminate if I commented
out some packages (e.g. pstricks itself, if I recall correctly), but that
obviously wouldn't be satisfactory long term.
More seriously, it totally messed up an edition I was working on (Latin and
English on facing pages), plastering the text with overfull blobs though
not reporting any compilation errors. In view of a publication deadline, I
had no choice but to revert to the 2013 installation of XeTeX, which works
fine for all that I require. It happens right now that it would be
convenient to be able to generate a single character in outline - but it's
not critical and I can work around this some other way.
Best wishes
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> Sorry I didn't include the log info.
>
> As an experiment I put this small bit of borrowed code at the end of a
> file which otherwise compiles OK:
>
> \input pst-text
>
> \newrgbcolor{red!40}{0.4 0 0}% internally defined with xcolor
>
> \newrgbcolor{blue!40}{0 0 0.2}
>
> \pspicture(10,10)
>
> \psCircleText[fillcolor=blue!40, linecolor=red!40,
>
> fontsize=7mm,font=Helvetica](5,5){Al1 is Fun within the World}%
>
> \endpspicture
>
> \pscircle[linecolor=red](5,5){4cm}%
>
> \pscircle[linecolor=blue](5,5){2cm}
>
> And the log file yields:
>
> [44] (c:/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-text/pst-text.tex
> v1.00, 2006/11/05(tvz,hv))
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> <recently read> \psCircleText
>
> l.192 \psCircleText
> [fillcolor=blue!40, linecolor=red!40,
> ?
> ! Emergency stop.
> <recently read> \psCircleText
>
> l.192 \psCircleText
> [fillcolor=blue!40, linecolor=red!40,
> End of file on the terminal!
>
> Output written on v2text.pdf (44 pages).
>
> (The two pscircles at the end output correctly if I comment out the rest
> of the code.)
>
> Best wishes
>
> John
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>> Thanks Herbert. XeTeX still halts with 'Undefined control sequence' at
>>
>> \psCircleText
>>
>> I guess this means that I'll have to try something else!
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>>> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 11:51:10 +0000
>>> Subject: [pstricks] pst-text package in plain XeTeX
>>> In plain XeTeX I don't seem able to achieve outline text (as in the
>>> pst-text package).
>>>
>>> \input pst-text doesn't itself cause any error, but when I attempt to
>>> use it (e.g. copying some code from the pst-text manual) I get an error
>>> message. Thus:
>>>
>>> \psCircleText[fil1co1or=blue!40,fontsize=lcm,font=He1vetica]{5,5){Al1 is
>>> Fun within the World}%
>>>
>>> yields 'Undefined control sequence' (for \psCircleText). (I don't know
>>> if any of the following options would also be problematic, since this is as
>>> far as I get.)
>>>
>>> Is this a limitation of plain XeTeX as against XeLaTeX, or am I doing
>>> something wrong?
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions as to how to achieve outline text would be
>>> appreciated if this isn't going to work!
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> John Waś
>>>
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>>> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 12:29:24 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] Simple example will not show figures...
>>> Jan, your code also worked fine for me.
>>>
>>> I think that there may be an issue with the special comments at the top.
>>> Seeing the log, as Herbert requested, will clear that up, but at least
>>> on my system
>>>
>>> % !TeX program = xelatex
>>>
>>> does not in fact cause it to use xelatex, but
>>>
>>> % !TEX program = xelatex
>>>
>>>
>>> Now if your code was being compiled with pdflatex instead of xelatex
>>> that might explain why it is not working. Again: seeing the log will
>>> clarify this, once and for all.
>>>
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>>> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 17:17:00 +0100
>>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] pst-text package in plain XeTeX
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 07.02.21 um 12:51 schrieb John Was:
>>> > In plain XeTeX I don't seem able to achieve outline text (as in the
>>> > pst-text package).
>>> >
>>> > \input pst-text doesn't itself cause any error, but when I attempt to
>>> > use it (e.g. copying some code from the pst-text manual) I get an
>>> > error message. Thus:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> \psCircleText[fil1co1or=blue!40,fontsize=lcm,font=He1vetica]{5,5){Al1isFunwithinthe
>>>
>>> > World}%
>>>
>>> three errors in such a short snippet of code ...
>>>
>>> \input{pst-text}
>>> \newrgbcolor{red!40}{0.4 0 0}% internally defined with xcolor
>>> \newrgbcolor{blue!40}{0 0 0.2}
>>>
>>> \pspicture(10,10)
>>> \psCircleText[fillcolor=blue!40, linecolor=red!40,
>>> fontsize=7mm,font=Helvetica](5,5){Al1 is Fun within the World}%
>>> \endpspicture
>>>
>>> \bye
>>>
>>>
>>> filling doesn't work with xetex
>>>
>>> Hebrert
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > yields 'Undefined control sequence' (for \psCircleText). (I don't know
>>> > if any of the following options would also be problematic, since this
>>> > is as far as I get.)
>>> >
>>> > Is this a limitation of plain XeTeX as against XeLaTeX, or am I doing
>>> > something wrong?
>>> >
>>> > Any other suggestions as to how to achieve outline text would be
>>> > appreciated if this isn't going to work!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Best
>>> >
>>> > John Waś *
>>> > *
>>> >
>>>
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>> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 12:21:28 +0100
>> Subject: Re: [pstricks] PSTricks Digest, Vol 214, Issue 2
>>
>>
>> Am 08.02.21 um 12:08 schrieb John Was:
>> > Thanks Herbert. XeTeX still halts with 'Undefined control sequence' at
>> >
>> > \psCircleText
>> >
>> > I guess this means that I'll have to try something else!
>>
>> I have no crystal ball ... show the logfile
>>
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> Subject: Re: [pstricks] PSTricks Digest, Vol 214, Issue 3
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> Am 09.02.21 um 12:27 schrieb John Was:
> > Sorry I didn't include the log info.
> >
> > As an experiment I put this small bit of borrowed code at the end of a
> > file which otherwise compiles OK:
> >
> > \input pst-text
> >
> > \newrgbcolor{red!40}{0.4 0 0}% internally defined with xcolor
> >
> > \newrgbcolor{blue!40}{0 0 0.2}
> >
> > \pspicture(10,10)
> >
> > \psCircleText[fillcolor=blue!40, linecolor=red!40,
> >
> > fontsize=7mm,font=Helvetica](5,5){Al1 is Fun within the World}%
> >
> > \endpspicture
> >
> > \pscircle[linecolor=red](5,5){4cm}%
> >
> > \pscircle[linecolor=blue](5,5){2cm}
> >
> >
> > And the log file yields:
> >
> > [44] (c:/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-text/pst-text.tex
> > v1.00, 2006/11/05(tvz,hv))
> > ! Undefined control sequence.
> > <recently read> \psCircleText
>
> it makes no real sense to work with such an old TeXLive installation!
>
>
> pst-text.tex --------
> 1.02 2018-12-28 - added \psCircleText for circled outline text
>
>
> Herbert
>
>
>
>
> > l.192 \psCircleText
> > [fillcolor=blue!40, linecolor=red!40,
> > ?
> > ! Emergency stop.
> > <recently read> \psCircleText
> >
> > l.192 \psCircleText
> > [fillcolor=blue!40, linecolor=red!40,
> > End of file on the terminal!
> >
> > Output written on v2text.pdf (44 pages).
> >
> > (The two pscircles at the end output correctly if I comment out the
> > rest of the code.)
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > John*
> > *
> >
>
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