[pstricks] Support question

[Wallace, Patrick (STFC,RAL,RALSP)]

Again, many thanks for your quick response.

> the config file is under C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\dvipdfm\config

I don't have that directory.  Guided by the MiKTeX Console program, I
found this:

C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\dvipdfm\config

and it contained these files:

26/03/2021  15:23            27,287 dvipdfm.map
26/03/2021  15:23            27,287 dvipdfm_dl14.map
26/03/2021  15:23            28,069 dvipdfm_ndl14.map

I copied your dvipdfmx.cfg into this directory.  Rerunning the
test.tex job returned the faulty DVI file.  Through the MiKTeX
console I launched the command window, and from \Windows\system32 
executed the texhash command.  This must have done something for
there was a delay of a few seconds.  However, the LaTeX job still
produces the faulty DVI.  Rebooting did not help.

Any further suggestions?


Patrick Wallace
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Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK         Patrick.Wallace at stfc.ac.uk
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-----Original Message-----
From: Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss at fu-berlin.de> 
Sent: 27 March 2021 15:48
To: Wallace, Patrick (STFC,RAL,RALSP) <patrick.wallace at stfc.ac.uk>
Cc: pstricks at tug.org
Subject: Re: [pstricks] Support question



Am 27.03.21 um 15:51 schrieb Wallace, Patrick (STFC,RAL,RALSP):
> Unfortunately I am running under Windows, so your instructions
> either do not apply or will be different.
>
> I use also Linux platforms (and for that matter macOS) but want this
> to work under Windows.  I searched for an instance of dvipdfmx.cfg
> on my Windows system but found none, so it is likely MiKTeX sets up
> the software differently on this platform.

the config file is under C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\dvipdfm\config
and MiKTeX also should have a local directory for packages. However,
you can copy the current dvipdfmx.cfg to dvipdfmx.cfg.orig and put
the new one in there.

> Did the dvipdfmx.cfg that you attached embody some diagnosis of the
> problem I encountered?  It's conceivable that if I know more about
> that (some missing file for instance) I might be able to mend the
> Windows installation.

There was a change in the behaviour of the GhostScript run, it is now
called with -dSAFER which doesn't allow loading external files which is
the default for PSTricks (the pro-files).

Herbert

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