On 8/18/07, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote:
Hallo,
I tried the example in the module pstric, but it is not working.
Hello Wolfgang,
my first suggestion would be: unless you have a strong reason for
using pstricks (like: extensive amount of code already written), why
not trying pgf/TikZ instead?
Running my 'tst.tex' loads the module and since it is in pdf-mode
a line
pstricks : using indirect method; enable write18
was written.
But in 'tst-texapp.log' appears the same line:
pstricks : using indirect method; enable write18
so 'tst-texapp.tex' was not run in dvi-mode and the pstricks macros
are not loaded and \pspicture is unknown.
First of all: do enable write18 if it's not already.
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/write18
\startTEXapplication
has a line
\executesystemcommand{texexec ...}
Second of all (a question for Hans): the example only worked if I replaced
\executesystemcommand{texexec \bufferprefix\@@texapp.tex --once --batch}%
in page-app.tex with
\executesystemcommand{texexec --dvips \bufferprefix\@@texapp.tex
--once --batch}%
Are there any other cases where this would fail to work (I have a
feeling that the command is only meant for dvi-ps-pdf route)? If
not, would it make sense to add the --dvips switch? Minimal example to
test the difference:
\usemodule[pstric]
\starttext
\startPSTRICKS
\pspicture(0,0)(10,10)
\psline(0,0)(2,10)
\endpspicture
\stopPSTRICKS
\stoptext
So my question is:
- Is dvi-mode the default for texexec? (I know it was, but there were
some opposite remarks on the list)
Not any more. dvi used to be the default mode until approximately two years ago.
- If dvi is not the default, what is the right switch?
('texexec --dvi ...' has no effect)
--dvi would have been more intuitive, but it's --dvips.
Mojca
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