Re: Problem with PSTricks using MikTex 2.9

Hello,
Thanks for all for the good suggestions regarding getting my pstricks 
commands to compile in WinEdt 6/MikTex 2.9 (under Windows 10) and 
produce a pdf file.  (See earlier posts for the exact commands).  Here 
is an update on the success of the various suggestions:

Suggestion 1.  Compile using the sequence latex, dvips, ps2pdf from the 
menu in WinEdt.
Result: Latex works (now that I have changed the dvi rendering method) 
and produces a correct dvi file.  Then dvips produces an error message  
(Cannot run C:\Program~2\PCTex\PCTexv6\pctex6.exe 
“My_path\Test_diagram.ps”), but also a ps file.  Finally, ps2pdf 
produces an error message (Cannot run “C:\Program Files 
(x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32” “My_path\Test_diagram.pdf”), but 
also a correct pdf file.  The same thing happens when I compile my full 
article (which contains 30 more complex pstricks diagrams).  So, if I am 
not bothered by the error messages, all appears to be is well.

Suggestion 2:  Add two lines at the beginning of the file (see Jerzy’s 
post), and compile using xelatex.
Result:  This doesn’t work for me.  MikTex reports that “Sorry, but 
xelatex did not succeed” and that “XeLatex failed to product a pdf 
file”.  The last line in the log file is “\pst@toks=\toks25”.

Suggestion 3:  Rewrite the code using tikx instead of pstricks (see 
Ulrike’s post), and compile using pdflatex.
Result:  Pdflatex produces an error message (the same as the 2nd one 
written under Suggestion 1), but also a correct pdf file.  So, again 
except for error message, all appears to be well.

Nevertheless, the error messages bother me.  Since the above methods 
work for others, I think now that the problem may be in my installation 
of Tex software on my computer.  For example, I also have PCTex 
installed on my system, which might explain somehow the error message 
produced by dvips.   I will try doing a new installation of 
WinEdt/MikTex) on my laptop (without PCTex installed), and see if that 
helps.

However, if you see anything that I am missing, please let me know.
Bruce


On 2016-11-02 10:27 AM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> Am Tue, 1 Nov 2016 23:08:34 -0600 schrieb Bruce Allison:
>
>> However, I still need to obtain a pdf file, and nothing I have tried has
>> worked in WinEdt/MikTex (e.g. pdflatex or dvi2pdf).
> postscript needs a postscript interpreter.
>
> So you need to run
>
> latex
> dvips
> ps2pdf
>
> All three tools have menu entries in winedt.
>
> The alternative is xelatex.
>
> Or you drop pstricks and use tikz instead, then you can compile with
> pdflatex directly:
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{tikz}
> \begin{document}
> \begin{tikzpicture}
> \draw(0,0)--(4,0);
> \draw(2,0)--(2,1);
> \end{tikzpicture}
> \end{document}
>
>

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