[pstricks] psplot, parametricplot, FPset and FPupn

Herbert Voss LaTeX at zedat.fu-berlin.de
Wed Jul 19 08:43:10 CEST 2006


Juergen Rose wrote:

> I try to draw a archimedean spiral for several hours, where the
> parameters \dou is calculated with the fp-package. My TeX fragment looks
> like:

please provide full working examples, not only fragments!

\def\dou{1.2 } $ PS needs the space

or alternative

>            \parametricplot{0}{\phimax}{%
>               /k \dou 180 div def t cos t mul k mul t sin t mul k mul}

       /k \dou\space 180 div def t cos t mul k mul t sin t mul k mul}


Why do you use the fp- Package? Everything can be done esier on
PostScript side?

Herbert





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