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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texdraw/texdraw_6.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texdraw/texdraw_6.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9686e350ae8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texdraw/texdraw_6.html @@ -0,0 +1,183 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<!-- Created by texi2html 1.56k from texdraw.texi on 10 March 2004 --> + +<TITLE>TeXdraw - A. PostScript Commands</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +Go to the <A HREF="texdraw_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="texdraw_5.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="texdraw_7.html">next</A>, <A HREF="texdraw_11.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="texdraw_toc.html">table of contents</A>. +<P><HR><P> + + +<H1><A NAME="SEC30" HREF="texdraw_toc.html#TOC30">A. PostScript Commands</A></H1> +<P> +<A NAME="IDX137"></A> + + +<P> +This appendix describes a set of macros for accessing some of the +PostScript builtin functions. Each of these macros issues a single +PostScript command. The extra services provided by TeXdraw are the +interpretation of coordinates in user units relative to the current +drawing segment and the writing of a pending TeXdraw move to the +PostScript file. This last operation establishes the current point in +PostScript. The user of these commands should be familiar with the +concepts of path construction and filling in PostScript. Further +details on the PostScript functions used can found in the +<CITE>PostScript Language Reference Manual, Second Edition</CITE>, Adobe +Systems, Addison-Wesley, 1990. + + +<P> +These macros are distributed in file <TT>`txdps.tex'</TT>. + + +<P> +The <CODE>\PSsetlinecap</CODE> and <CODE>\PSsetlinejoin</CODE> commands control the +way line ends and line joins are rendered. The default values set by +TeXdraw (round caps and round join) are appropriate for most +drawings. Changes to these parameters apply to the current and +subsequent paths. + + +<P> +<A NAME="IDX138"></A> +<A NAME="IDX139"></A> +<DL COMPACT> + +<DT><CODE>\PSsetlinecap <VAR>type</VAR></CODE> +<DD> +<A NAME="IDX140"></A> + <A NAME="IDX141"></A> + +Set the line cap parameter. The value <CODE>0</CODE> gives a butt cap; +<CODE>1</CODE> gives a round cap; and <CODE>2</CODE> gives a projecting square cap. +The initial value is corresponds to a round cap. +<A NAME="IDX142"></A> +<A NAME="IDX143"></A> +<DT><CODE>\PSsetlinejoin <VAR>type</VAR></CODE> +<DD> +Set the line join parameter. The value <CODE>0</CODE> gives a miter join; +<CODE>1</CODE> gives a round join; and <CODE>2</CODE> gives a bevel join. The +initial value corresponds to a round join. +</DL> + +<P> +<A NAME="IDX144"></A> +<A NAME="IDX145"></A> +<A NAME="IDX146"></A> +<A NAME="IDX147"></A> +PostScript paths and fill operations can be controlled by a number of +functions. By design, TeXdraw always maintains a defined PostScript +current point. Some of the following macros cause the PostScript +current point to become undefined. The PostScript current point must be +set again (say with a <CODE>\PSmoveto</CODE> command) before invoking basic +TeXdraw commands. +<DL COMPACT> + +<DT><CODE>\PSstroke</CODE> +<DD> +<A NAME="IDX148"></A> + <A NAME="IDX149"></A> + +Stroke a PostScript path. The current path is stroked with the current +gray level (set with <CODE>\setgray</CODE>) and the current line pattern (set +with <CODE>\lpatt</CODE>). The PostScript current point becomes undefined. +<A NAME="IDX150"></A> +<A NAME="IDX151"></A> +<DT><CODE>\PSnewpath</CODE> +<DD> +Establish a new path. The PostScript current point becomes undefined. +<A NAME="IDX152"></A> +<A NAME="IDX153"></A> +<DT><CODE>\PSclosepath</CODE> +<DD> +Close a subpath. A new subpath is started. +<A NAME="IDX154"></A> +<A NAME="IDX155"></A> +<DT><CODE>\PSfill</CODE> +<DD> +Fill a region defined by a path. Each subpath is closed and the +enclosed regions painted with the current gray level. The PostScript +current point becomes undefined. The gray level can be set with the +TeXdraw command <CODE>\setgray</CODE>. +</DL> + +<P> +The following line commands interpret coordinates relative to the +current TeXdraw scaling and drawing segment. The specified +coordinate affects the drawing size as determined by TeXdraw. +<A NAME="IDX156"></A> +<A NAME="IDX157"></A> +<DL COMPACT> + +<DT><CODE>\PSlineto (<VAR>x</VAR> <VAR>y</VAR>)</CODE> +<DD> +<A NAME="IDX158"></A> + <A NAME="IDX159"></A> + +Add a line segment to the current path. This command is identical to +the TeXdraw command <CODE>\lvec</CODE>. The PostScript current point must +be defined before this command is issued. +<A NAME="IDX160"></A> +<A NAME="IDX161"></A> +<DT><CODE>\PSmoveto (<VAR>x</VAR> <VAR>y</VAR>)</CODE> +<DD> +Move to the coordinate specified by <CODE>(<VAR>x</VAR> <VAR>y</VAR>)</CODE>. The +PostScript current point becomes defined. +</DL> + +<P> +The following macros provide access to the general arc commands in +PostScript. The coordinates are interpreted relative to the current +TeXdraw scaling and drawing segment. The specified coordinate +affects the drawing size as determined by TeXdraw. +<A NAME="IDX162"></A> +<DL COMPACT> + +<DT><CODE>\PSarc r:<VAR>radius</VAR> sd:<VAR>start-angle</VAR> ed:<VAR>end-angle</VAR> (<VAR>x</VAR> <VAR>y</VAR>)</CODE> +<DD> +<A NAME="IDX163"></A> + <A NAME="IDX164"></A> + +Draw a counterclockwise arc. The center of the arc is at the given +position. The radius is specified by <VAR>radius</VAR>. The start and end +angles (in degrees) are specified by <VAR>start-angle</VAR> and +<VAR>end-angle</VAR>. If the PostScript current point is defined, this +command also draws the line from the current point to the beginning of +the arc. The line and arc become part of the current path. The current +point becomes defined. +<A NAME="IDX165"></A> +<A NAME="IDX166"></A> +<DT><CODE>\PSarcn r:<VAR>radius</VAR> sd:<VAR>start-angle</VAR> ed:<VAR>end-angle</VAR> (<VAR>x</VAR> <VAR>y</VAR>)</CODE> +<DD> +Draw a clockwise arc. The center of the arc is at the given position. +The radius is specified by <VAR>radius</VAR>. The start and end angles (in +degrees) are specified by <VAR>start-angle</VAR> and <VAR>end-angle</VAR>. If the +PostScript current point is defined, this command also draws the line +from the current point to the beginning of the arc. The line and arc +become part of the current path. The current point becomes defined. +</DL> + +<P> +The macro <CODE>\writeps</CODE> provides the general facility to write +arbitrary PostScript commands to the PostScript file. This macro is +used by the preceding commands and by the TeXdraw commands +themselves. This facility has to be used with care since changes in +position or scaling resulting from the PostScript commands are not known +to TeXdraw. +<DL COMPACT> + +<DT><CODE>\writeps {<VAR><ps-commands></VAR>}</CODE> +<DD> +<A NAME="IDX167"></A> + +Write PostScript commands to the intermediate PostScript file. Before +the commands are inserted, any pending TeXdraw move is written to the +PostScript file. The PostScript scaling gives 300 units/inch. +</DL> + +<P><HR><P> +Go to the <A HREF="texdraw_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="texdraw_5.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="texdraw_7.html">next</A>, <A HREF="texdraw_11.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="texdraw_toc.html">table of contents</A>. +</BODY> +</HTML> |