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<entry id="pdftricks" 
       datestamp="2001/10/04" 
       modifier="Graham.Williams@acm.org">
  <about>
    <name>pdftricks</name>
    <caption>Support for pstricks  in pdftex.</caption>
    <author>
      <name>C. V. Radhakrishnan</name>
      <email>cvr@river-valley.com</email>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>C. V. Rajagopal</name>
      <email>cvr3@river-valley.com</email>
    </author>
    <license type="gpl"/>
    <version>
      <number>1.15</number>
    </version>
  </about>
  <description>
    <abstract>
      The <xref refid="pstricks">psTricks</xref> macros cannot be used
      with pdfTeX, since pstricks uses PostScript arithmetic, which
      isn't part of PDF. This package circumvents this limitation so
      that the extensive facilities offered by the powerful psTricks
      package can be made use of in a pdfTeX document. This is done
      using the shell escape function available in the web2c TeX
      compiler (limiting the use of this package to the web2c
      implementation of TeX).
    </abstract>
  </description>
  <distribution>
    <ctan>macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks</ctan>
  </distribution>
</entry>
