[pstricks] Compiler question

[Bob Tennent]

 >|It appears to me that the only way to get PSTricks input into a TeX
 >|document is via DVI - PS - PDF files.
 >|
 >|I know how to do that but I would like to think that there is a way to
 >|avoid the conversions, rather to go directly from TeX source to PDF.
 >|
 >|Does anyone know if there is a way?

The ps on pstricks stands for Postscript; one step in the process has
to involve a Postscript interpreter.

If you don't like this for some reason, switch to tikz.

http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/

Bob T.