CTAN Update: pstricks-base
PSTricks uses some packages from the pgf generic part. It is now tested if pgf/TikZ is already present. Then PSTricks does nothing.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at http://ctan.org/pkg/pstricks-base The package’s files themselves can be inspected at http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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pstricks-base – PostScript macros for TeX
PSTricks offers 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 ordinarily 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.
PSTricks macros can also generate PDF output when the document is processed XeTeX, without the need for other supporting packages.
| Package | pstricks-base |
| Version | 3.21 |
| Copyright | 1993, 1994, 2000 Timothy Van Zandt 2000–2003 Denis Girou 2004–2005 Herbert Voß and Rolf Niepraschk 2006–2024 Herbert Voß |
| Maintainer | Herbert Voß Denis Girou (inactive) Timothy Van Zandt (inactive) |