Re: Problem with PSTricks using MikTex 2.9

Jerzy,
Thanks for this suggestion.

  I haven't seen lines like the ones you suggested adding.  I am working 
in WinEdt 6, so I just added the lines in the tex file after 
\documentclass{article}.  This was certainly not right, since they would 
just be ignored by latex because of the %.

In any case, compiling to pdf (which is what I want) in xelatex gave the 
message "Sorry but xelatex.exe did not succeed".   Do you have a 
clarification of your suggestion?
Bruce


On 2016-11-01 3:32 AM, Jerzy Wrobel wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> Try to compile to pdf with xelatex, in my case it works
> without any additional steps. I just add two following
> lines at the beginning:
>
> % !TEX TS-program = xelatex
> % !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
>
> Jerzy
>
>> I am trying without success to draw a diagram using the latex package
>> PSTricks.  A minimal version of the the command sequence that I am using
>> is:
>>
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage{pstricks}
>> \begin{document}
>> \begin{pspicture}(-1,-1)(5,2)
>> \psline(0,0)(4,0)
>> \psline(2,0)(2,1)
>> \end{pspicture}
>> \end{document}
>>
>> When I try to compile these commands using latex  in MikTex 2.9 (under
>> WinEit 6), I get the message:
>>          "MikTex Problem Report.  Some PostScript specials could not be
>> rendered."
>>
>> Exactly the same commands compile without any problem using PCTex 6
>> instead of MikTex 2.9 (but unfortunately PCTex 6 will not work for my
>> whole project).
>>
>> I have uninstalled and then reinstalled MikTex (under Windows 10) but
>> this doesn't help.
>>
>> I really need to draw a lot of similar pictures  in an article, and I
>> have hit a wall here.  Any suggestions about how to avoid this PSTricks
>> problem using Miktex will be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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