[tex-live] pst-pdf in next TeXlive?

[Patrick Drechsler]

Staszek Wawrykiewicz wrote on 12 Jul 2006 14:56:33 MET:

> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Patrick Drechsler wrote:
>
>> Just curious: Will the package pst-pdf[1] be included in the next
>> release of TeXlive?
>> 
>> Patrick
>> 
>> [1]
>> <URL:http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-pdf/>
>
> We've already had pst4pdf
>  <URL:http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf/>
> Could you please enlighten us if it should be replaced by pst-pdf,
> or steel kept (both packages use the same script ps4pdf).

Before the script is used pst-pdf.sty will extract postscript
stuff (ie pstricks-environments) and stick in in a "temporary"
file (<filename>-pics.*). The script ps4pdf is only issued
_after_ this temporary file is created by the package pst-pdf.

But maybe Rolf can describe this better...

Patrick
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