On Mi, 11 Aug 2010, sasha mal wrote:
> xdvi renders much of other pstricks.
Yes, but that doesn't mean it *needs* to ... it is so nice to you
to render many things, but that does not mean it has a full PostScript
interpreter.
> And the file on which it is run is a dvi file.
Irrelevant, pstricks uses specials to transport code from tex
to postscript. xdvi interprets *some* specials, but not all.
> Reopening the bug.
You closed it again, but that is fine, I will ignore this bug from
now on.
If you want you can complain to upstream
http://xdvi.sourceforge.net/
to support your specials, but don't hold your breath that it will
be done within the next years.
Best wishes
Norbert
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