Hi John,
It looks likely, that you did not enable write18.
Edit the file texmf.cnf, set the shell-escape to true (Take care, there
might be more than one file with this name in your tex-tree):
% Enable system commands via \write18{...}?
shell_escape = t
I hope this helps
Willi
----- Original Message -----
From: John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: Context and PSTricks
> On Tuesday 12 March 2002 07:12, Hans Hagen wrote:
> > At 10:19 AM 3/12/2002 +0100, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> > >On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:33:46 -0500
> > >
> > >"John Culleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Context in its present form cannot handle Pstricks because
> (snip)
> >> The new beta provides:
> >
> > \usemodule[pstric]
> >
> > \startPSTRICKS
> > some reasonable trickery (don't know pstricks goog enough to
> > provide samples)
> > \stopPSTRICKS
> >
> > it assumes that you have gs installed and write 18 enabled
> >
> > Hans
> >
> OK I have gs installed. Do I need to say something like
> \openout18? If so what is what name do I assign to 18?
> Does pdftex handle this high a number? I get a message
> that says
> -------------------------------------------------
> pstricks : using indirect method; enable write18
> --------------------------------------------
>
> I tried the above code with a very simple PSTRICK, a word of text in
> a circle.
>
> I get this kind of error:
> --------------------------------
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> <argument> \startTEXapplication
> []{\usemodule [pstric]}\pspicture
> (0,0)(10,0...
> \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2
>
> l.71 \stopPSTRICKS
> ----------------------------
>
> This message persists even if I just say \startPSTRICKS and
> \stopPSTRICKS.
>
> My version is
> ----------------------------------
> TeXExec 2.6 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2001
>
> executable : pdfetex
> format : cont-en
> inputfile : freec
> output : pdftex
> interface : en
> current mode : all
> TeX run : 1
>
> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-13d-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.1)
> entering extended mode
> (freec.tex[/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg]
>
> ConTeXt ver: 2001.11.13 fmt: 2002.3.28 int: english mes: english
> -------------------------------
> Is this what I should see?
>
> Sorry to be such a bother!
>
> John Culleton
>
>
>
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