[pstricks] pstricks and xelatex after recent update

Norberto Moreno Quiben quiben at fastmail.com
Sun Sep 26 15:33:04 CEST 2021


> I get no error with latex, xelatex and lualatex, but as output an 
> empty page.
> Please make a screenshot of your expected output.
>

Sure. Thank you for looking into it.



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Norberto Moreno Quibén


On 26 Sep 2021, at 14:58, Herbert Voss wrote:

> Am 26.09.21 um 13:38 schrieb Norberto Moreno Quiben:
>>
>> Dear friends members:
>>
>> After the most recent update of pstricks, something went wrong with 
>> xelatex. In the following example, lines do not show up and the 
>> console log informs “GPL Ghostscript 9.53.3: Unrecoverable error, 
>> exit code 1”. Everything works fine with latex > dvips > ps2pdf and 
>> lualatex, though.
>>
>
> I get no error with latex, xelatex and lualatex, but as output an 
> empty page.
> Please make a screenshot of your expected output.
>
> Herbert
>
>
>> Best and thanks in advance
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> \documentclass[10pt]{article}
>> %\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} %useful to type directly diacritic 
>> characters
>> \usepackage{pstricks,pst-jtree,pst-node}
>> \listfiles
>>
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> \jtree[xunit=2.8em,yunit=1em]
>> ! = {ST}
>> :{SN} {T'} .
>> \endjtree
>>
>> \end{document}
>>
>> Log file:
>>
>> This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999993 (TeX Live 2021) 
>> (preloaded format=xelatex 2021.9.20) 26 SEP 2021 13:32
>> entering extended mode
>> restricted \write18 enabled.
>> file:line:error style messages enabled.
>> %&-line parsing enabled.
>> **test-xelatex-02.tex
>> (./test-xelatex-02.tex
>> LaTeX2e <2021-06-01> patch level 1
>> L3 programming layer <2021-08-27>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
>> Document Class: article 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document 
>> class
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo
>> File: size10.clo 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX file (size option)
>> )
>> \c at part=\count178
>> \c at section=\count179
>> \c at subsection=\count180
>> \c at subsubsection=\count181
>> \c at paragraph=\count182
>> \c at subparagraph=\count183
>> \c at figure=\count184
>> \c at table=\count185
>> \abovecaptionskip=\skip47
>> \belowcaptionskip=\skip48
>> \bibindent=\dimen138
>> )
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pstricks/pstricks.sty
>> Package: pstricks 2021/08/23 v0.71 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' 
>> (RN,HV)
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/iftex/iftex.sty
>> Package: iftex 2020/03/06 v1.0d TeX engine tests
>> )
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty
>> Package: xcolor 2016/05/11 v2.12 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-cfg/color.cfg
>> File: color.cfg 2016/01/02 v1.6 sample color configuration
>> )
>> Package xcolor Info: Driver file: xetex.def on input line 225.
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics-def/xetex.def
>> File: xetex.def 2021/03/18 v5.0k Graphics/color driver for xetex
>> )
>> Package xcolor Info: Model |cmy' substituted by |cmy0' on input line 
>> 1348.
>> Package xcolor Info: Model |RGB' extended on input line 1364. Package 
>> xcolor Info: Model |HTML' substituted by |rgb' on input line 1366. 
>> Package xcolor Info: Model |Hsb' substituted by |hsb' on input line 
>> 1367. Package xcolor Info: Model |tHsb' substituted by |hsb' on input 
>> line 1368. Package xcolor Info: Model |HSB' substituted by |hsb' on 
>> input line 1369. Package xcolor Info: Model |Gray' substituted by 
>> |gray' on input line 1370. Package xcolor Info: Model |wave' 
>> substituted by `hsb' on input line 1371.
>> )
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/pst-xkey.tex
>> File: pst-xkey.tex 2005/11/25 v1.6 PSTricks specialization of xkeyval 
>> (HA)
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.sty
>> Package: xkeyval 2020/11/20 v2.8 package option processing (HA)
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkeyval.tex
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkvutils.tex
>> \XKV at toks=\toks16
>> \XKV at tempa@toks=\toks17
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/keyval.tex))
>> \XKV at depth=\count186
>> File: xkeyval.tex 2014/12/03 v2.7a key=value parser (HA)
>> )))
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks.tex
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pst-fp.tex
>> `pst-fp' v0.06, 2020/11/20 (hv)
>> \pstFP at xs=\count187
>> \pstFP at xia=\count188
>> \pstFP at xib=\count189
>> \pstFP at xfa=\count190
>> \pstFP at xfb=\count191
>> \pstFP at rega=\count192
>> \pstFP at regb=\count193
>> \pstFP at regs=\count194
>> \pstFP at times=\count195
>> )
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfutil-common.te
>> x
>> \pgfutil at everybye=\toks18
>> \pgfutil at tempdima=\dimen139
>> \pgfutil at tempdimb=\dimen140
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfutil-common-li
>> sts.tex))
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfkeys.code.tex
>> \pgfkeys at pathtoks=\toks19
>> \pgfkeys at temptoks=\toks20
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfkeysfiltered.c
>> ode.tex
>> \pgfkeys at tmptoks=\toks21
>> ))
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgffor.code.tex
>> Loading pgffor.code.tex
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmath.code.tex
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathcalc.code.tex
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathutil.code.tex
>> \pgf at x=\dimen141
>> \pgf at xa=\dimen142
>> \pgf at xb=\dimen143
>> \pgf at xc=\dimen144
>> \pgf at y=\dimen145
>> \pgf at ya=\dimen146
>> \pgf at yb=\dimen147
>> \pgf at yc=\dimen148
>> \c at pgf@counta=\count196
>> \c at pgf@countb=\count197
>> \c at pgf@countc=\count198
>> \c at pgf@countd=\count199
>> \pgfutil at tempcnta=\count266
>> \pgfutil at tempcntb=\count267
>> )
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathparser.code.tex
>> \pgfmath at dimen=\dimen149
>> \pgfmath at count=\count268
>> \pgfmath at box=\box50
>> \pgfmath at toks=\toks22
>> \pgfmath at stack@operand=\toks23
>> \pgfmath at stack@operation=\toks24
>> )
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfunctions.code.
>> tex
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfunctions.basic
>> .code.tex)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfunctions.trigo
>> nometric.code.tex)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfunctions.rando
>> m.code.tex)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfunctions.compa
>> rison.code.tex)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfunctions.base.
>> code.tex)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfunctions.round
>> .code.tex)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfunctions.misc.
>> code.tex)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfunctions.integ
>> erarithmetics.code.tex)))
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathfloat.code.tex
>> \c at pgfmathroundto@lastzeros=\count269
>> ))
>> \pgffor at iter=\dimen150
>> \pgffor at skip=\dimen151
>> \pgffor at stack=\toks25
>> \pgffor at toks=\toks26
>> )
>> \psLoopIndex=\count270
>>
>> `PSTricks' v3.10a <2021/09/25> (tvz,hv)
>> \pst at dima=\dimen152
>> \pst at dimb=\dimen153
>> \pst at dimc=\dimen154
>> \pst at dimd=\dimen155
>> \pst at dimg=\dimen156
>> \pst at dimh=\dimen157
>> \pst at dimm=\dimen158
>> \pst at dimn=\dimen159
>> \pst at dimo=\dimen160
>> \pst at dimp=\dimen161
>> \pst at hbox=\box51
>> \pst at ibox=\box52
>> \pst at boxg=\box53
>> \pst at cnta=\count271
>> \pst at cntb=\count272
>> \pst at cntc=\count273
>> \pst at cntd=\count274
>> \pst at cntg=\count275
>> \pst at cnth=\count276
>> \pst at cntm=\count277
>> \pst at cntn=\count278
>> \pst at cnto=\count279
>> \pst at cntp=\count280
>> @zero=\count281
>> \pst at toks=\toks27
>> --- We are running latex or xelatex ---
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xetex-pstricks/pstricks.con
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/config/xdvipdfmx.cfg))
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks-color.tex)
>> \psunit=\dimen162
>> \psxunit=\dimen163
>> \psyunit=\dimen164
>> \pst at C@@rType=\count282
>> \pslinewidth=\dimen165
>> \psk at startLW=\dimen166
>> \psk at endLW=\dimen167
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks-arrows.tex
>> \pshooklength=\dimen168
>> \pshookwidth=\dimen169
>> )
>> \pst at customdefs=\toks28
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks-dots.tex)
>> \pslinearc=\dimen170
>> \pst at symbolStep=\dimen171
>> \pst at symbolWidth=\dimen172
>> \pst at symbolLinewidth=\dimen173
>> \everypsbox=\toks29
>> \psframesep=\dimen174
>> \pslabelsep=\dimen175
>> \sh at wgridXunit=\dimen176
>> \sh at wgridYunit=\dimen177
>> \pst at shift=\dimen178
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xetex-pstricks/pstricks.con
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/config/xdvipdfmx.cfg
>> Using PSTricks configuration for LaTeX+dvipdfmx
>> )))
>> File: pstricks.tex 2021/09/25 v3.10a |PSTricks' (tvz,hv) 
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pst-fp.tex 
>> |pst-fp' v0.06, 2020/11/20 (hv))
>> File: pst-fp.tex 2020/11/20 v0.06 `PST-fp' (hv)
>>
>>             Loading XeTeX special macros
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pstricks-xetex.def))
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-jtree/pst-jtree.sty
>> Package: pst-jtree 2011/01/04 package wrapper for pst-jtree.tex
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-jtree/pst-jtree.tex
>> |PST-jTree' v2.6 <2011/01/04> (jf) 
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-node/pst-node.tex 
>> v1.42a, 2020/04/01 \psrow=\count283 \pscol=\count284 
>> \psmatrixcnt=\count285 \psrowsep=\skip49 \pscolsep=\skip50 
>> \pst at args=\count286 \num at pts=\count287 \pst at argcnt=\count288 ) 
>> \@xpos=\dimen179 \@ypos=\dimen180 \@@xpos=\dimen181 \@@ypos=\dimen182 
>> \max at left=\dimen183 \max at right=\dimen184 \max at down=\dimen185 
>> \jt at dima=\dimen186 \jt at dimb=\dimen187 \jt at dimc=\dimen188 
>> \jt at dimd=\dimen189 \jt at dime=\dimen190 \tree at box=\box54 
>> \@nodebox=\box55 \jtEverytree=\toks30 \jteverytree=\toks31 
>> \jteverylabel=\toks32 \@CurrState=\count289 )) 
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pst-node/pst-node.sty 
>> Package: pst-node 2012/09/18 v1.01 LaTeX wrapper for |pst-node' (HV)
>> Package: pst-node 2010/04/22 package wrapper for pst-node.tex
>>
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pst-node/pst-node.tex)
>> File: pst-node.tex 2020/04/01 1.42a `pst-node' (tvz,hv)
>> )
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-xetex.def
>> File: l3backend-xetex.def 2021-08-04 L3 backend support: XeTeX
>>
>> (|extractbb --version)
>> \c__kernel_sys_dvipdfmx_version_int=\count290
>> \l__color_backend_stack_int=\count291
>> \g__color_backend_stack_int=\count292
>> \g__graphics_track_int=\count293
>> \l__pdf_internal_box=\box56
>> \g__pdf_backend_object_int=\count294
>> \g__pdf_backend_annotation_int=\count295
>> \g__pdf_backend_link_int=\count296
>> )
>> No file test-xelatex-02.aux.
>> \openout1 = `test-xelatex-02.aux'.
>>
>> LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for TS1/cmr/m/n on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: Trying to load font information for TS1+cmr on input 
>> line 6
>> .
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd
>> File: ts1cmr.fd 2019/12/16 v2.5j Standard LaTeX font definitions
>> )
>> LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for TU/lmr/m/n on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 6.
>> LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 6.
>> [1
>>
>> ]
>> (./test-xelatex-02.aux)
>>
>> /File List/
>> article.cls 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX document class
>> size10.clo 2021/02/12 v1.4n Standard LaTeX file (size option)
>> pstricks.sty 2021/08/23 v0.71 LaTeX wrapper for |PSTricks' (RN,HV) 
>> iftex.sty 2020/03/06 v1.0d TeX engine tests xcolor.sty 2016/05/11 
>> v2.12 LaTeX color extensions (UK) color.cfg 2016/01/02 v1.6 sample 
>> color configuration xetex.def 2021/03/18 v5.0k Graphics/color driver 
>> for xetex pst-xkey.tex 2005/11/25 v1.6 PSTricks specialization of 
>> xkeyval (HA) pst-xkey.tex 2005/11/25 v1.6 PSTricks specialization of 
>> xkeyval (HA) xkeyval.sty 2020/11/20 v2.8 package option processing 
>> (HA) xkeyval.tex 2014/12/03 v2.7a key=value parser (HA) pstricks.tex 
>> 2021/09/25 v3.10a |PSTricks' (tvz,hv)
>> pstricks-dots.tex
>> pst-fp.tex 2020/11/20 v0.06 |PST-fp' (hv) pstricks-xetex.def 
>> pst-jtree.sty 2011/01/04 package wrapper for pst-jtree.tex 
>> pst-node.sty 2010/04/22 package wrapper for pst-node.tex pst-node.tex 
>> 2020/04/01 1.42a |pst-node' (tvz,hv)
>> l3backend-xetex.def 2021-08-04 L3 backend support: XeTeX
>> ts1cmr.fd 2019/12/16 v2.5j Standard LaTeX font definitions
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> )
>> Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
>> 8890 strings out of 476493
>> 161738 string characters out of 5817125
>> 468676 words of memory out of 5000000
>> 29256 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+600000
>> 403438 words of font info for 28 fonts, out of 8000000 for 9000
>> 1348 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191
>> 65i,5n,106p,621b,287s stack positions out of 
>> 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,80000s
>>
>> Output written on test-xelatex-02.pdf (1 page).
>>
>>
>> Norberto Moreno Quibén
>> TELING (grupo de lingüística teórica de la UAH)
>> Coordinador de primer curso del grado de Humanidades
>> Departamento de Filología, Comunicación y Documentación
>> Área de Lengua Española
>> Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
>> C/ Trinidad, 5
>> 28801 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
>> http://www.quiben.net
>> ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7524-7636 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-7636>
>> "Much is uncertain, and must remain so." Mental Reality, Galen 
>> Strawson
>>
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