> > Please convert the information in your email into a patch for
> > grops.man, together with the example.
>
> Done (more or less). I've also taken the liberty to restructure the
> grops manpage somewhat, i.e., begin the "Usage" section with the
> discussion of the general workings of grops ins
> Please convert the information in your email into a patch for
> grops.man, together with the example.
Done (more or less). I've also taken the liberty to restructure
the grops manpage somewhat, i.e., begin the "Usage" section with
the discussion of the general workings of grops instead of how
> /level0 save def
> 1 setlinecap
> 1 setlinejoin
> + DEFS /BPhook known { DEFS begin BPhook end } if
> 72 RES div dup scale
> LS{
> 90 rotate
Fine!
> No, seriously, I have no idea how to document this since
> it's essentially trivial: [...]
Please convert the information in your em
> > > Well, it is justifiable, but it isn't documented correctly.
> >
> > The only justification I can think of is that this way it is
> > not apparent when a closed curve isn't closed properly (in the
> > Postscript sense). This shouldn't happen in a Postscript-aware
> > application, however.
>
> > Well, it is justifiable, but it isn't documented correctly.
>
> The only justification I can think of is that this way it is
> not apparent when a closed curve isn't closed properly (in the
> Postscript sense). This shouldn't happen in a Postscript-aware
> application, however.
I don't think
On Sun, Jul 16, 2006, jon arbuckle wrote:
> On 9th July 2006, Peter Schaffter wrote:
>
> >I've been contemplating adding some macros to the mom set to
> >ease the creation of simple graphical objects: rules, boxes and
> >elipses/circles ("ease" meaning "make easier for newcomers to
> >groff").
>
On Mon, Jul 17, 2006, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> (By the way, I've also added a line "DEFS /BPhook known { DEFS
> begin BPhook end } if" to BP, which lets me define a custom
> Postscript beginning-of-page function BPhook in the document
> (with "ps: def") that gets executed before groff prints anythi
> Well, it is justifiable, but it isn't documented correctly.
The only justification I can think of is that this way it is
not apparent when a closed curve isn't closed properly (in the
Postscript sense). This shouldn't happen in a Postscript-aware
application, however.
> What exactly do you wa
On 9th July 2006, Peter Schaffter wrote:
I've been contemplating adding some macros to the mom set to
ease the creation of simple graphical objects: rules, boxes and
elipses/circles ("ease" meaning "make easier for newcomers to
groff").
Not to distract from the main topic, but aren't such grap
On 13th July 2006, Ted Harding wrote:
Yes, I'll do that with precautions! Not sure how to write a
"patch", though, since I've never quite grasped how that should
be done. Maybe if I describe how it should come out (with the
words, of course) someone could guide me?
Ted.
For making a ``patch''
> Yes. There are raw PostScript commands, 'setlinejoin', 'setlinecap'
> and 'setmiterlimit' relevant to it (info quoted from the PostScript
> Language Reference Manual or "Red Book"): [...good explanation
> omitted...]
Ted, can you transform your explanation into a patch for grops.man?
Be careful
> Equally, unfilled polygons drawn with
>
> \D'p
>
> all have rounded corners, whereas filled polygons drawn with
>
> \D'P '
>
> produces the expected "sharp" corners.
>
> Typographically speaking, this is not an expected, or--in my
> experience--justifiable default behaviour for rules an
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006, Ted Harding wrote:
> On 09-Jul-06 Peter Schaffter wrote:
> > 1. What is the rational behind groff's drawing rounded caps on
> > rules, and rounded corners on unfilled polygons?
>
> I don't know but I set out some considerations below.
Very useful. Thanks.
> > 2. Can
On 09-Jul-06 Peter Schaffter wrote:
> I've been contemplating adding some macros to the mom set to
> ease the creation of simple graphical objects: rules, boxes and
> elipses/circles ("ease" meaning "make easier for newcomers to
> groff").
>
> However, I've discovered something troubling: rules dr
I've been contemplating adding some macros to the mom set to
ease the creation of simple graphical objects: rules, boxes and
elipses/circles ("ease" meaning "make easier for newcomers to
groff").
However, I've discovered something troubling: rules drawn with
\D'l '
have rounded caps; the end
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