[pstricks] pstricks and xelatex after recent update

Norberto Moreno-Quiben quiben at fastmail.com
Mon Sep 27 07:14:23 CEST 2021 

Dear members:

I did set the -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY and -dNOSAFER options in the 
appropriate files quite a long time ago. The document worked fine withe 
delates until the last pstricks update. Thanks again

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Norberto Moreno Quibén
TELING (grupo de lingüística teórica de la UAH)
Coordinador de tercer curso del Doble Grado de Humanidades-Primaria
Dpto. Filología, Comunicación y Documentación
Área de Lengua Española
Universidad de Alcalá
C/ Trinidad, 5
28801, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
http://www.quiben.net
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-7636
"Much is uncertain, and must remain so." Mental Reality, Galen Strawson

On 26 Sep 2021, at 15:33, Norberto Moreno Quiben wrote:

>> 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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> [ "with-latex.png" ]
> [ "with-lualatex.png" ]
> [ "with-xelatex.png" ]
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> Norberto Moreno Quibén
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>
> 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
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>>> \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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