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Important: PSTricks packages are divided into the core and contributed ones. The core is pstricks.

Important: PSTricks (except package pst-text) now works with lualatex, which creates directly a pdf outpunt. You need only an additional first line in your document:

\DocumentMetadata{}
\documentclass{...}
...

Frequently done errors ...

1. Using PSTricks together with TikZ causes a problem after the last update of the dvi driver of TikZ when using package auto-pst-pdf. Here is an example of how to use the package without a problem.
2. Do not choose pstricks.tex as a file name, it is the name of the main PSTricks package! Windows users pay attention here, there is no difference in lower or uppercase letters.
3. PSTricks is PostScript Tricks, viewing your PS or PDF output with a PS or PDF viewer is appropriate. Nearly all DVI-viewers cannot show rotations or movings, hence not the correct output.
4. You cannot run your files with pdftex/pdflatex, use lualatex instead or the sequence latex->dvips->ps2pdf, or see topic pdfoutput
5. If you get a rotated page then use always ps2pdf -dAutoRotagePages=/None .... See also here for Windows user
6. linestyle=dashed doesn't work after an update of pstricks.tex. You should update also pstricks.pro and pstricks.sty.
7. Error message: no room for a new dimen. See TeX-FAQ for what to do ...
8. \pspicture[0.5] ... doesn't work anymore! Use instead [shift=*] Read the docs!
9. If you have a problem with the optional argument [pdf], then use always
   \usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks} or \usepackage{auto-pst-pdf,pstricks-add} or ...

News ...

Playground ... :-)

2026-04-14: new package pst-spectrum 2025-10-21: updated website PSTricks by Manuel Luque 2024-11-21: update pstricks base 2024-07-10: update pst-node 2024-07-08: update pst-diffraction 2024-07-06: update pst-electricfield 2023-11-03: update pst-solides3d 2023-11-10: update pst-solarsystem 2023-11-03: update pst-3dplot 2022-12-20: new package pst-flags 2022-11-21: update pstricks-add 2022-11-21: update pst-plot 2022-10-22: update pst-osci 2022-10-16: update pst-math 2022-08-25: update pst-barcode 2022-07-15: update pst-magneticfield 2021-11-13: update With up-to-date PSTricks you can run yor PSTricks source with lualatex. The output is a PDF file without using GhostScript. The only macro which does not work is \pscharpath. 2020-11-05: update pst2pdf Problem with transparency of areas. It maybe a problem with Ghostscript. Use ps2pdf -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY <file>.ps 2020-11-01: update pst-eucl 2020-03-24: update pst-ob3d 2020-03-24: update pst-tools 2020-03-17: update and removed from CTAN pst-spirograph 2020-03-17: update pst-fractal 2019-10-02: new package pst-turtle 2019-01-24: update pst-calculate 2019-01-22: update pst-circ Problem with transparency of areas. It maybe a problem with Ghostscript. Use ps2pdf -dNOSAFER <file>.ps 2019-01-01: update pst-lsystem 2018-12-30: update pst-text 2018-12-29: update pst-solides3d 2018-12-17: update pst-cie 2018-12-16: update pst-func 2018-12-04: new package pst-venn 2018-10-27: new package pst-moire 2018-09-27: new package pst-feyn 2018-09-25: new package pst-marble 2018-09-24: new package pst-lsystem 2018-06-01: new TeXLive 2018 2018-02-14: new package pst-antiprism Problem with seminar ! Undefined control sequence. l.2805 \ifpst@psfonts ! Emergency stop. Update your TeX distribution or update at least the file pst-ovl.sty 2017-06-18: update pst-ode 2017-06-02: new package pst-vehicle 2017-05-18: new package pst-poker 2017-05-11: new package pst-spinner 2016-12-28: update pst-shell 2016-12-14: update pst-geo 2015-05-18: update pst-coil 2014-11-03: update pst-optexp 2014-08-28 update pst-poly 2014-05-18: update seminar 2014-04-19: update pst-perspective 2014-03-18: update pst-intersect 2014-02-18: update pst-mirror 2013-12-27: new package pst-ovl 2013-10-27: update pst-gantt 2013-07-05: new images for atoms and photons 2012-05-26: Problem with XeTeX and latest TeXLive201X update. If you get the following error message: GPL Ghostscript X.XX: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 ** WARNING ** Filtering file via command -->ps2pdf -dCompatibilityLevel=1.5 -sPAPERSIZE=a0 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false -dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode - dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode edit the file .../texlive/20XX/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg to insert the option -dNOSAFER into the line with ps2pdf D "ps2pdf -dCompatibilityLevel=%v -dNOSAFER -sPAPERSIZE=a0 ... without -dNOSAFER ghostscript can't run external files. If you have another TeX distribution, then you'll find the location of the file by running "kpsewhich dvipdfmx.cfg". 2011-11-05: new package pst-spectrum 2011-11-05: update pst-slpe 2011-08-20: update pst-bspline 2011-06-06: new package pst-rubans Problem with MiKTeX 2.9 and viewing a dvi file. MiKTeX Problem Report Message: Some PostScript specials could not be rendered. Data: Error: /undefined in tx@Dict Operand stack: --nostringval-- PermitFileReading --nostringval-- PermitFileWriting [ ... ] Go into the setup of MiKTeX (YAP) and choose dvips instead of pk for the rendering of method of YAP 2011-03-27: update pst-electricfield 2011-03-13: new package pst-graphicx 2011-02-01: new package pst-tvz