Questions tagged [ps]
{ps} is an abbreviation for PostScript and concerns raw PostScript code.
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Any utility to convert from SVG/PDF/PS to MP (metapost)?
Hi folks do you know any utilities to convert from SVG/PS/PDF to MP? I know about tools that do the opposite but in my case I need to convert some schematic graphics I made into pure metapost. I ...
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How to draw dynamical systems fixed point stability as in Strogatz's book
I would like to reproduce some scheme of Strogatz book with tiks or ps-plot. I've tried the whole afternoon and there is always something that goes wrong. My code is \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{...
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Text from .ps file does not show up on the pdf-file
I have read in a ps.file with figures/words in a latex-file and compiled by xelatex but it does not show the alphabets and texts on figure, just the figure without alphabets and words. \documentclass{...
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How to read in a ps-file figur (file.ps) in LaTeX [duplicate]
I have read many questions about how to compile a ps-figure file in LaTeX and have tried all answers, but I can not run the file, and get error msg. Here is one of those files: \documentclass[10pt,...
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Problem with the ps2pdf creating an animation for the binomial law
I don't why my animation won't appear when I writte this minimal code : \documentclass{article} %impression recto uniquement \usepackage{pstricks,pst-plot, pst-func} \usepackage{animate} \begin{...
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postscript hyperlink url auto-open
I'm trying to add a hyperlink to a PDF by modifying the PostScript. Any possible to open this action link automated or opening postscript or pdf. it will be executed the link. [/Rect [ 0 425 295 445 ] ...
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Are output files other than PDF obsolete?
I always thought tex turned code into pdf but it seems that has not always been the case. Depending on the process, I could end up with a DVI file or a PS file. Are these still commonly used? Can they ...
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What does this pstops command do?
I have a classical a4 format article written in tex, without any problems. ("Without any problems" meaning that would I do a ps2pdf I would get a pdf file I am totally ok with.) After latex ...
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My pictures disappeared
I'm writing a text and everything was fine but today two files named "Main.out.ps" and "Main.dvi" appeared in my main folder. My problem is that in the Main.pdf my images that I ...
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Understanding the differences between pdf and postscript format and the link between this format and LateX/TeX [closed]
I am trying to understand how pdf and ps format works. At first I used to think that ps was a format used by printer which contains detailed printing instructions. That was the reason why this ps ...
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psbook, psnup and pstops put to a4 (instead of leaving them landscape) blank pages, and behave differently on two different computers
I have a .tex file that I compile with latex to a .dvi file. Using dvips (and ps2pdf if I want a pdf) allows me to see the typesetted document text.ps, and I am happy with it. Now, I want each page of ...
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ps2pdf does not work at all
I am using Texmaker 5.0.3 with Miktex 2.9 and compiling from ps to pdf does not work. When I compile document with Latex+dvips+View PS I got expected output in PS, but when I use Latex+dvips+ps2pdf+...
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How to insert a image in plain TeX using no helping library?
How could I insert a image in plain TeX, having a good control over its positions and scale, using no additional library (supposedly, a lot of ps commands as argument of \special)? I am intend to work ...
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Tikz-generated PS figure appears very small and upside down with \includegraphics
I need to use the PS format for every figure in my document. Under Mac TexShop, I can easily produce Tikz and pgfplots PS figures by selecting Tex + DVI option under Typesetting and tick the "...
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PS file from Overleaf [duplicate]
I create a document in overleaf and i need to have PDF, DVI and PS formats of thet document. PDF got, for DVI I had to change compiler to LaTeX, but I do not see PS file there. How can I get that ...
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