At 06:27 PM 3/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:
as in LaTeX PSTricks requires \special to insert the PS-code in the output. pdfTeX has no \special and that would even not work if pdfTeX has it, since PSTricks requires the capabilities of a PS interpreter that pdfTeX not provides. Thus, use PSTricks with DVI output or PDF and start MetaPosting ;)
actually, there is some primitive support for simple ps code in pdf, but not the full thing; not really worth looking into, more meant for special effects in patterns and so Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------