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Package pstricks:
PostScript macros for TeX.

An extensive collection of macros for generating PostScript that is usable with most TeX macro formats, including Plain TeX, LaTeX, AMS-TeX, and AMS-LaTeX. Included are macros for colour, graphics, pie charts, rotation, trees and overlays. It has many special features, including a wide variety of graphics (picture drawing) macros, with a flexible interface and with colour support. There are macros for colouring or shading the cells of tables.

The package pstricks-add contains bug-fixes and additions for pstricks (among other things).

PSTricks uses PostScript \special commands, which are not supported by PDF(La)TeX. This limitation may be overcome by using either the pst-pdf or the pdftricks package, to generate a PDF inclusion from a PSTricks diagram.

Getting it

If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation manager. (For installation help, click on your distribution's name.)

Distribution Package name
MiKTeX pstricks
TeX Live pstricks

You can also visit pstricks's CTAN directory to browse the source or download the material for installation by hand.

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Documentation on CTAN
Readme
Package documentation
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Documentation off CTAN -none known-
Maintainers
Timothy Van Zandt (no longer active on this package)
Denis Girou (no longer active on this package)
Herbert Voß
Version 2.23
License LaTeX Project Public License
Home page home page
Repository -none known-
Related packages
pstricks-add:
A collection of add-ons and bugfixes for PSTricks.
Keywords
graphics created inside TeX (pictures, PSTricks, PGF, etc.)
output format PDF, PostScript
Characterizations
primary:
Graphics > Inside TeX
secondary:
Graphics
secondary:
Graphics > Postscript or PDF graphics

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