[pstricks] Can pstricks skip issuing transparency stuff when they are unnecessary?

Herbert Voss Herbert.Voss at fu-berlin.de
Fri Jan 7 08:15:59 CET 2022


Am 07.01.22 um 02:33 schrieb Peter Mueller:
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{pstricks}
> \begin{document}
> test
> \end{document}
>
> and run
>
> latex mwe && dvipdf mwe
>
> or
>
> latex mwe && dvips mwe && ps2pdf mwe.ps
>
> Then we get
>
> %%%% WARNING: Transparency operations ignored - need to use 
> -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY
>
> on a tty. Could pstricks be a bit more economical and not issue the 
> transparency stuff by default (or, equivalently, issue it only opacity 
> and the like is really used in the user's sources)?|
> |
> |
> |
> Bug report: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/629314

A _warning_ is no bug! It is a hint that you should use 
-dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY
if your document uses transparency. That's all ...

Herbert



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