[XeTeX] pstricks and dvi output in xelatex

[Alan Munn]

On Jul 31, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 31.07.2010 um 03:31 schrieb George:
>
>> Text placed on connection lines is misplaced.
>
> Could this help to understand PS Tricks?
>
>  \begin{pspicture}(.25\textwidth, 10)
> 	\pnode(0.5,1.1){bottomInstructionLine}
> 	\pnode(0.5,8.5){topInstructionLine}
> 	\ncline[linecolor=red]{->}{topInstructionLine}{bottomInstructionLine}
> 	\ncput*[nrot=:D]{\psframebox*[framearc=.25,fillcolor=blue] 
> {Instructions}}
>  \end{pspicture}
>  \begin{pspicture}(.25\textwidth, 10)
> 	\pnode(0.5,1.1){bottomInstructionLine}
> 	\pnode(0.5,8.5){topInstructionLine}
> 	\ncline[linecolor=blue]{->}{topInstructionLine} 
> {bottomInstructionLine}
> 	\ncput*[nrot=:U]{\psframebox[framearc=.25,linecolor=red] 
> {Instructions}}
>  \end{pspicture}
>
> or
>
>  \begin{pspicture}(\textwidth, 10)
> 	\pnode(0.5,1.1){bottomInstructionLine}
> 	\pnode(0.5,8.5){topInstructionLine}
> 	\ncline[linecolor=red]{->}{topInstructionLine}{bottomInstructionLine}
> 	\ncput*[nrot=:D]{\psframebox*[framearc=.5,fillcolor=blue] 
> {Instructions}}
> 	\pnode(0.75,1.1){bottomInstructionLine}
> 	\pnode(0.75,8.5){topInstructionLine}
> 	\ncline[linecolor=blue]{->}{topInstructionLine} 
> {bottomInstructionLine}
> 	\ncput*[nrot=:U]{\psframebox[framearc=.5,linecolor=red] 
> {Instructions}}
>  \end{pspicture}
>
>
> Could be there is an option to adjust the text's starting position.

The issue is why do these drawings end up placing the text in a  
different position when compiled with xelatex compared to with latex- 
dvips-ps2df.  It's not really about how pstricks works, per se.

Alan


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