Herbert Voss Herbert.Voss@FU-Berlin.DE wrote:

I uploaded pstricks.tgz to the uk mirror. Please copy all files into the directories /graphics/pstricks/*

this is a major update of the main PSTricks packages pstricks, pstricks-add and pst-3dplot

i've done that, and updated the catalogue repository to reflect the new/updated material.

Read /graphics/pstricks/doc/pst-news2008.pdf for more information and examples.

---- pstricks.sty 0.36 2008-01-22

• Better error message, when the document has the same name as a PSTricks file. (RN)
• add message for loading pst-alpparser.pro
• add option vtex to disable opacity values

pst-node.sty -------- 2007-09-13 add message for loading pst-node.pro (hv)

pst-all.sty -------- 2008-01-01 load pstricks-add

---- pstricks.tex 1.20 2008-01-01

• added opacity for default fill operations
• added strokeopacity for normal stroke operation (lines)
• added the arrowtype <D-D> and <D<D-D>D>, which draws the sides as bezier curves (ArrowD type in pstricks.pro)
• add special coor type (*x f(x)), which invokes the algebraic parser for f(x) before using the default

(!x y) coor type

• add option linejoin=0,1,or 2 for connecting lines
• add option linecap=0,1,or 2 for line ends
• small tweaks to psellipticarc x y -> xOrig yOrig
• fix introduced bug with

ewpsstyle: pst@tempa->pst@tempA

• add PS subroutines /UserCoor and /ScreenCoor for easy transforming into user or screen coordinates
• changed wrong name of psk@shift to pst@shift
• fix bug with pst-node and [name=...]. It now uses ps@ifnextchar for scanning the next token
• fix bug with pst@tempg in polar@coor. It was already used in pst@getangle.
• new option gridfont for the label font of psgrid Times-Roman, Palatino-Roman, ...

---- pstricks.pro 1.02 2008-01-01

• added the arrowtype D>, sides as curves (ArrowD)
• added the whole algebraic parser stuff
• added function tan := sin cos div
• added function Tan := sin cos Div
• added Pyth2 for 2 points given by xA yA xB yB
• change variable names from x,y to xOrig, yOrig for EllipticArcArrow
• move font setting for psgrid into pstricks.tex

vtex.con ------ 0.02 2008-01-01

• disable transparent color setting

---- pstricks-add.tex v 3.00 2008-01-01

• delete transalpha stuff (moved into pstricks.tex)
• load header file pst-algparser.pro

pst-3dplot.tex -------- 1.79 2008-01-03

• add option algebraic for 3d plots
• fix bug with ellipse phi=f(alpha)!

The catalogue entries are: http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-3dplot.html (those files will be updated to reflect the new version overnight)

The updated material may be browsed as follows pstricks -- http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/base/ pstricks-add -- http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/ pst-3dplot -- http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-3dplot/

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team