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I use pstricks for all my graphics. Now I am submitting a paper to a conference which, unfortunately, does not allow to use PostScript. I have to send them tex source, which they compile with pdflatex. So, pstricks might not work (I am almost sure they won't apply the solutions here: How to use PSTricks in pdfLaTeX?).

The only solution I found was to convert PStricks to TikZ. Is there an automatic converter for this task?

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    How about including pre-compiled images as part of your submission? Commented Sep 11, 2014 at 17:50
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    You are thinking too advanced for academia standards. Just compile your figures as pdf, eps whatever and inlcude them as straightforward images. Zip them in a folder and it's good to go. Commented Sep 11, 2014 at 18:04
  • You can create PDF images using the standalone class, for example Commented Sep 11, 2014 at 18:17
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    If PDF images are allowed to be included together with your main TeX source file (aka input file), then you can generate a PDF for each PSTricks diagram using standalone document class (to get a tight image without white borders) compiled with latex-dvips-ps2pdf (for faster compilation). Commented Sep 11, 2014 at 18:56
  • @Ohmyghost Thanks! This idea was very helpful. Can you make it an answer? Commented Sep 11, 2014 at 20:43

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Quoted from my comment here (click):

If PDF images are allowed to be included together with your main TeX source file (aka input file), then you can generate a PDF for each PSTricks diagram using standalone document class (to get a tight image without white borders) compiled with latex-dvips-ps2pdf (for faster compilation).

To be more explicit:

  • Go to each diagram in your main input file.
  • Cut each a pair of \begin{pspicture} and \end{pspicture}.

  • Paste in a new document called fig1.tex and saved in a sub directory Images, having the following structure:

    % fig1.tex \documentclass[pstricks,border=12pt]{standalone}% remove the border key if you want a tight output without any border. \begin{document} \begin{pspicture}(35,20) ... \end{pspicture} \end{document}

  • Compile fig1.tex with either latex-dvips-ps2pdf (which is much faster) or xelatex (which is much slower). Here, using pdflatex -shell-escape does not make sense for creating tight standalone diagrams.

  • Check the newly created file fig1.pdf in Images sub directory.

  • In your main document, put

    \usepackage{graphicx} \graphicspath{{Images/}}

    in the preamble and for each diagram you want to import, do the following.

    \begin{figure} \centering \includegraphics{fig1.pdf} \caption{any caption} \label{anylabel} \end{figure}

  • Remove \usepackage[pdf]{pstricks} from your main input file.

  • Compile the main input file with pdflatex to get a PDF output.
  • Done.
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  • To be honest, I really do what I wrote above in my daily job (not as a ghost). Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 6:59
  • To avoid many compilations, one can put every environment in the same file and use the option standalone provides to compile each picture in a separated page (each with the correct adjusted size). Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 12:58
  • @Manuel: It is not recommended as we will waste much time to compile during the development phase. Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 12:59
  • I understood he has already the images done, so it would be just one compilation, wouldn't it? Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 13:00
  • @Manuel: I prefer to provide the best practice approach. :-) Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 13:01

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