[tex-live] [OS X TeX] pdftricks and Texlive 2008 ?
Herbert Voss
Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE
Mon Nov 24 14:05:14 CET 2008
Robin Fairbairns schrieb:
> Daniel Becker <daniel.becker at uni-rostock.de> wrote:
>
>> Hm - dropping pdftricks altogether is going to confuse a lot of users,
>> I think. Isn't pdftricks the most common way to use pstricks together
>> with pdflatex as it doesn't need a special sequence of commands?
>>
>> http://tug.org/PSTricks/main.cgi?file=pdf/pdfoutput
>
> which lists pdftricks well down its list, and starts its description
>
> Another more elegant way, but much more difficult is to use the
> pdftricks package.
>
> though i admit it does list a ctan location for the package... (after
> sarovar.org)
>
> the page actually recommends pst-pdf:
>
> The best solution is to use the package pst-pdf which itself needs the
> newest preview package, available from CTAN.
>
> since i've never used pstricks "in anger", i really have no actual
> opinion about the issue.
yes, the package is still in use
Herbert
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