[texhax] pstricks \pstextpath

[Tom Schneider]

> This minimal example compiles with no errors. The DVI shows the curved 
> line but the text is in a straight line across the top of the curves.
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> 
> \usepackage{pstricks,pst-text}
> 
> \begin{document}
> 
> \begin{center}
> 
> \psset{unit=3.5cm,linecolor=lightgray}
> 
> 
> \begin{pspicture}(-1.5,-1)(1.5,0)
> 
> \pstextpath{\pscurve(-1.41,0)(-1,-1)(0,0)(1,-1)(1.41,0)
> {\color{blue}\large Esta frase sinuose y peculiar est\'a escrita a log 
> largo de la curve $y=x^4-2x^2$}}
> 
> \end{pspicture}
> 
> \end{center}
> 
> \end{document}

I gave this to my TexShop on my fully upgraded Mac OSX.  It failed!

But running latex from the command line it was ok.

goole pstextpath gave:
http://www.tug.org/pipermail/pstricks/1997/000029.html
which contained:
\pstextpath{\nccurve{1,3}{3,1}}{Test Text}

So the form is:
\pstextpath{Path}{Text}

then:

\pstextpath
{\pscurve(-1.41,0)(-1,-1)(0,0)(1,-1)(1.41,0)}
{\color{blue}\large Esta frase sinuose y peculiar est\'a escrita a log 
largo de la curve $y=x^4-2x^2$}

works.

Tom

  Dr. Thomas D. Schneider
  National Institutes of Health
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  toms at alum.mit.edu (permanent)
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