Re: is it a bug?

Dear Dr Montaldi:

No, it is more a limitation of xdvik.  Apparently pst-plot uses PostScript
specials for positioning TeX boxes.  Since xdvik does not include a ps
interpreter, it cannot use this method.

Sincerely,


Paul Vojta


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:47:57PM +0100, James Montaldi wrote:
> Dear core
> 
> I use emacs/auctex for latex with xdvik as viewer (using inverse
> search a lot).  I also use pstricks in my latex files. And xdvik
> shows the images from pstricks fine.
> 
> However, there is one problem.  If I load one of the secondary
> packages, such as pst-node or pst-plot, then xdvik doesn't put text
> in the correct place.  All other graphics elements seem to placed
> fine, it is just the text.
> 
> Here is a minimal example
> 
>    |\documentclass{article}
>    \usepackage{pstricks}
>    \usepackage{pst-plot}
> 
>    \begin{document}|
>    |
>    \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(2,2)
>    \psline(0,0)(2,2)
>    \cput(1,1){Hello}
>    \end{pspicture}
> 
>    \end{document}|
> 
> The circle from \cput comes out ok, but the text "Hello" is placed
> at the bottom of the figure.  If I don't load the (unused) pst-plot
> package then the text is placed at the correct point (centre of the
> figure).
> 
> I know xdvik is not primarily for viewing graphics, and indeed this
> is not a big problem in the scheme of things, but it would be nice
> if it worked as intended. I do of course convert everything to pdf
> eventually, via dvips and ps2pdf.
> 
> Is this something that could be looked into?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> And thanks for maintaining and improving the great software.
> 
> Best regards
> James Montaldi
> 
> ps I use both linux ubuntu 13.04 and macos 10.6
> 
> 
> 
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