Hello, everybody,
the following file does not compile well in pdflatex as well as in the
chain latex ->dvips > pstopdf.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
%Dateien f\"{u}r Xymtex
\usepackage{carom} %heteroaromaten
\usepackage{chemist}
\unitlength6500sp
\newcommand{\cholesterin}{\steroidchain[e]{%
{{3}B}==HO;{{10}SB}==;{{13}SB}==;%
{{20}S}==%
}}
\begin{document}
\cholesterin
\end{document
using the gnome pdf viewer, the chemical structure is defect.
however, using latex > dvips > ps2ps oldfile newfile > pstopdf
everything is o.k. The postscript files differ. I am not used to inspect
postscript and can not judge what is wrong or missing. The unitlength command is
chosen for the smallest possible figures, where dvi and gs viewers show proper
figures. Xymtex only prints some letters and uses the picture environment to
draw straight lines. That should not make problems. Thus the question:
Is this a bug or a feature?
I am using tetex 2.0.2-22 and gs 8.01 from debian testing, xymtex is from a
older miktex distribution.
Bernhard
ps. personal mail acknowledged.
