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Package pdftricks:
Support for pstricks in pdfTeX.

The PSTricks macros cannot be used (directly) with pdfTeX, since pstricks uses PostScript arithmetic, which isn't part of PDF. This package circumvents this limitation so that the extensive facilities offered by the powerful PSTricks package can be made use of in a pdfTeX document. This is done using the shell escape function available in current TeX implementations.

The package may also be used in support of other ‘PostScript-output-only’ packages, such as PSfrag.

For alternatives, users may care to review the discussion in the PSTricks online documentation.

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 pdftricks
TeX Live pdftricks

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

More

Documentation on CTAN
Package documentation
Test example (source available)
Documentation off CTAN -none known-
Maintainers
C. V. Rajagopal
C. V. Radhakrishnan
Version 1.16
License GNU General Public License (GPL)
Home page home page
Repository -none known-
Related packages
pst-pdf:
Make PDF versions of graphics by processing between runs.
Keywords
graphics created inside TeX (pictures, PSTricks, PGF, etc.)
output format PDF, PostScript
Characterizations
primary:
Graphics > Postscript or PDF graphics
secondary:
Graphics > Postscript or PDF graphics
secondary:
Graphics > Tools

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