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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphics,graphicx}
\usepackage{pstricks,pst-node,pst-tree}
\begin{document}
\pstree[levelsep=35pt]{\Tcircle{10}}
{
\Tcircle{11} \Tcircle{21}
}
\end{document}

Why the error:

! Undefined control sequence. \c@lor@to@ps l.5 \pstree[levelsep=35pt]{\Tcircle{10}} ?

I compile with latexmk if that makes any difference:

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ptrcao
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    @ptrcao: I don't get any error. Please, add \listfiles in front of the code and show the output of this command that you easily find in the .log file. – egreg May 25 '11 at 10:16
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    @ptrcao --- Jasper Loy is correct, the problem is caused by using pdflatex, which does not work with pstricks. Try using latexmk -pdfdvi in place of latexmk. – Ian Thompson May 25 '11 at 14:48
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    @Jasper --- the manual says it uses dvipdf by default, and I think that uses ghostscript and dvips. It works fine on my system, but maybe -pdfps is a safer option. – Ian Thompson May 25 '11 at 15:02
  • @egreg Just clarifying your instructions; where does "\listfiles" go in the code exactly? Before \documentclass{article} or after \documentclass{article} but before \begin{document}, or after \begin{document} but before all the rest of the code? – ptrcao May 25 '11 at 15:51

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You have several possibilities to run PostScript related code with pdflatex:

  • run xelatex instead of latexmk, which is the easiest way.

  • use package auto-pst-pdf and add the optional argument -shell-escape to the pdflatex call

  • instead of pdflatex run latex

see also: http://tug.org/PSTricks/main.cgi?file=pdf/pdfoutput

  • @Herbert : I need latexmk for my bibliography, so it will run processors the correct number of times. I also want my output as a pdf file. Where does this leave me? – ptrcao May 25 '11 at 16:58
  • @ptrcao then use package auto-pst-pdf and add the option -shell-escape to the pdflatex call. –  May 25 '11 at 17:13
  • I'm still relatively new to Latex, would you be so kind as to explicitly spell out the steps involved in adding the -shell-escape option? I use TexWorks. – ptrcao May 25 '11 at 17:38
  • I got this error: "! Undefined control sequence. \c@lor@to@ps

    l.8 \pstree[levelsep=35pt]{\Tcircle{10}}

    ?" What now?

     – ptrcao May 25 '11 at 17:54