[texworks] PSTricks problem

[Charlie Sharpsteen]

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 3:56 PM, <GeorgeFLeCompte at comcast.net> wrote:

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> Im using texworks under Windows Vista Home Premium.
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> File Simple.tex is taken from LaTeX Graphics Companion section 4.6.
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> When I attempt to run it i get messenges ending in:
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> ! Undefined control sequence.
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> <recently read> \c at lor@to at ps
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> l.12 \ncline{A}{B}
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> ?
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> I can't relate this to the program.  Please help or stear me to a more
> appropriate site.
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> george
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I would imagine this is because you are using the pdfLaTeX command in
TeXworks.  pstricks only works when output is directed to a postscript (.ps)
file, not a pdf file.  This involves setting up a typesetting command that
executes the following steps:

  - Runs latex on your .tex file (instead of pdflatex)

  - Runs dvips on the resulting .dvi file

  - Runs ps2pdf on the resulting .ps file

This will involve setting up three new commands in the TeXworks menu:

  Preferences -> Typesetting

You could probably reduce this to one command by writing a batch file/shell
script that invokes each program in order.

Personally, I would recommend sticking with pdfLaTeX and taking a look at
the TikZ package which provides much of the functionality of pstricks
without requiring that a certain version of the LaTeX compiler be used.  You
can find some nice examples of TikZ output and usage at:

  http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/all/date/

Good luck!


-Charlie
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