luapstricks – A PSTricks backend for LuaTeX

Support PSTricks directly in LuaTeX, without requiring external processes, special environments or similar.

Since recent PSTricks versions load luapstricks automatically when LuaLaTeX is used, this does not require changes to the document. Some advanced features require the pdfmanagement-testphase package to be loaded and activated.

Usage

1. Make sure that you have the latest pstricks version installed.
2. Run l3build install or copy luapstricks.lua from this repository into the directory of your TeX files or another directory in your TeX search path.
3. Compile your document with lualatex.
4. Given that most people immediately stop reading after they get a result and you are still here, the previous stage probably failed. Write a bug report to the author. Otherwise go to step 7.
5. Wait for a fix.
6. Go back to step 2 and try again.
7. It worked? That's great. Feel free to inform the author anyway and share the awesome images you created.

Issues and feature requests

Should you find a bug or want to request a feature, please report it using the issue tracker.

License

This code is licensed under the LaTeX Project Public License 1.3.

Acknowledgments

This project would never have reached a usable state without all the testing and suggestions by Pablo González Luengo. Also many thanks to Herbert Voß for adapting PSTricks and related packages to work with luapstricks.

Demos

Documentation of PSTricks packages, created by lualatex and luapstricks.lua, can be found at https://luapstricks.typesetting.eu/.