Re: [MiKTeX] Compatibility between package "pstricks" and package"color"

[Alan R. <al...@ri...>]

Sure enough, when I run your example with the changes I suggested it is
error-free (and \usepackage{color} is unnecessary). What I did is below,
followed by the file list.

Alan


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage[noxcolor]{pstricks}

\listfiles

\begin{document}

\colorbox[named]{GreenYellow}{\textcolor[named]{BrickRed}{\LARGE
    \bf Compatibility Issue}}
\colorbox[named]{GreenYellow}{\textcolor[named]{MidnightBlue}{\LARGE
    \bf pstricks \& color}}

\begin{pspicture}[linewidth=1cm](4,4)
  \psline[linecolor=red](0,0)(4,4)
  \psline[linecolor=blue,strokeopacity=0.5](0,4)(4,0)
  \psline[linecolor=green,strokeopacity=0.5](0,3.5)(4,3.5)
  \psline[linecolor=yellow,strokeopacity=0.5](0,0.5)(4,0.5)
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


 *File List*
 article.cls    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
  size12.clo    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
  epsfig.sty    1999/02/16 v1.7a (e)psfig emulation (SPQR)
graphicx.sty    1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
  keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
graphics.sty    2006/02/20 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
    trig.sty    1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 graphics configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
   dvips.def    1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
pstricks.sty    2008/01/24 v0.37 LaTeX wrapper for `PSTricks' (RN,HV)
pstricks.tex    2008/06/26 v1.25 `PSTricks' (tvz)
   color.sty    2005/11/14 v1.0j Standard LaTeX Color (DPC)
   color.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
dvipsnam.def    1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
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On Mon, July 28, 2008 12:29 pm, Alan Ristow wrote:
>> Hi Alain,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply. When I use
>> \usepackage[dvipsnames]{pstricks}, the color issue is
>> resolved but some pstricks commands don't work.
>
> Make sure both pstricks and xcolor are up to date. You should be able to
> ensure that by running the MiKTeX updater. Unfortunately I don't have
> LaTeX
> installed on the machine I am writing from, so I can't try your code and
> see
> your specific errors. I'll try to remember to have a look at it this
> evening.
>
>> Now I use
>>
>> \usepackage{pstcol}
>> \usepackage{pstricks-add}
>>
>> to replace
>>
>> \usepackage{pstricks}
>> \usepackage{color}
>
> If you want to use the color package with pstricks instead of xcolor
> (which
> pstricks loads automatically), try:
>
> \usepackage[noxcolor]{pstricks}
> \usepackage{color}
>
> The noxcolor option might actually cause pstricks to automatically load
> color instead -- I can't recall off the top of my head. Don't use pstcol,
> as
> it is woefully out of date (since pstricks 1.04 as I recall) and generally
> creates more problems than it solves with modern pstricks versions.
>
>> Also, could you please explain more what function of
>> dvipsnames it is. Thanks.
>
> dvipsnames simply activates a set of names that can be used as aliases for
> various colors (e.g., allowing you to type "red" or "GreenYellow" instead
> of
> an explicit RGB specification). Both color and xcolor define several such
> sets of named colors -- see the corresponding documentation for details on
> which colors are defined by which switches.
>
> Alan
> (not the same person as Alain ;-)
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 7/25/08, Alain Delmotte <esp...@sw...> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Alain Delmotte <esp...@sw...>
>> > Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] Compatibility between package
>> "pstricks" and package "color"
>> > To: jbc...@ya..., "A place for MiKTeX users to
>> discuss MiKTeX related questions."
>> <mik...@li...>
>> > Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 1:17 AM
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > try this:
>> >
>> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> >
>> > \documentclass[12pt]{article}
>> >
>> > \usepackage{epsfig}
>> > \usepackage[dvipsnames]{pstricks}
>> >
>> > \begin{document}
>> >
>> > \colorbox{GreenYellow}{\textcolor{BrickRed}{\LARGE
>> > \bf Compatibility Issue}}
>> >
>> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> >
>> > the extended names are defined by dvipsnames and (I think!)
>> > xcolor is
>> > loaded by pstricks.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Alain
>> >
>> > John Chan a écrit :
>> > > Dear All,
>> > >
>> > > Recently I upgraded to MikTek 2.7 version, but have
>> > found that I now cannot use package "pstricks"
>> > and package "color" simultaneously. My LaTeX file
>> > is as follows:
>> > >
>> > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> > > \documentclass[12pt]{article}
>> > > \usepackage{epsfig}
>> > > \usepackage{pstricks}
>> > > \usepackage{color}
>> > >
>> > > \begin{document}
>> > >
>> > >
>> > \colorbox[named]{GreenYellow}{\textcolor[named]{BrickRed}{\LARGE
>> > \bf Compatibility Issue}}
>> > >
>> > >
>> > \colorbox[named]{GreenYellow}{\textcolor[named]{MidnightBlue}{\LARGE
>> > \bf pstricks \& color}}
>> > >
>> > > \begin{pspicture}[linewidth=1cm](4,4)
>> > > \psline[linecolor=red](0,0)(4,4)
>> > >
>> > \psline[linecolor=blue,strokeopacity=0.5](0,4)(4,0)
>> > >
>> > \psline[linecolor=green,strokeopacity=0.5](0,3.5)(4,3.5)
>> > >
>> > \psline[linecolor=yellow,strokeopacity=0.5](0,0.5)(4,0.5)
>> > > \end{pspicture}
>> > >
>> > > \end{document}
>> > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> > >
>> > > Each time I get an error message when compiling. But I
>> > had no problems before I upgraded to MikTek 2.7.
>> > >
>> > > Your help is appreciated.
>> > >
>> > > John
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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