[OS X TeX] pstricks help

Vic Norton vic at norton.name
Mon Oct 22 12:24:38 EDT 2007


If you are using TeXShop, you should start your file with the line

%%!TEX TS-program = latex

See "Alternate Typesetting Mode" in Help.

Regards,


Vic

On Oct 21, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Johann Spies wrote:

> I am fairly new to OS X and I am struggling to get some of my old  
> latex-files to compile.
>
> Many problems were related to my usage of pstricks.  So I tried an  
> example from the pstricks-manual:
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{pstricks}
> \usepackage{pst-node}  % this automatically loads pstricks
> \begin{document}
> \def\psedge{\nccurve[angleB=180, nodesepB=3pt]}
> \pstree[treemode=R, treesep=1.5, levelsep=3.5]%
> {\Toval{root}}{\Tr(X} \Tr{Y} \Tr{Z}}
>
> \end{document}
>
> Which fails, like many of the other with
>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pstricks/pst-node.tex
> v97 patch 11, 2000/11/09)) (./Untitled.aux)
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.7 {\Toval
>            {root}}{\Tr(X} \Tr{Y} \Tr{Z}}
> ? ?
>
>
> What am I missing?
>
> None of the files in the src-directory of pstricks compiles  
> successfully.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Johann
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