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<center><h1> <tt>mathspic</tt> in Perl </h1></center>
<center><h2>
<table>
<tr><td><address>
<b>Apostolos Syropoulos</b><br>
366, 28th October Str.<br>
GR-671 00 Xanthi<br>
Greece<br>
email: <tt>asyropoulos@yahoo.com</tt>
</address></td>
<td><address>
<b>R.W.D. Nickalls</b><br/>
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care (retired)<br/>
c/o Department of Anaesthesia<br/>
Nottingham University Hospitals<br/>
City Hospital Campus<br/>
Hucknall Road<br/>
Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK<br/>
email:<tt>dick@nickalls.org</tt>
</address></td>
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version 1.13 Apr 26, 2010
</center>
   
@ <h3><b>Introduction</b></h3><p>
<tt>mathspic</tt> is a graphics program which implements a simple
programming notation, <i>mathspic</i>, suitable for the
creation of diagrams or mathematical figures.
<tt>mathspic</tt>'s input is a LaTeX file containing
<tt>mathspic</tt> plotting commands.
<tt>mathspic</tt>'s output is the equivalent LaTeX file
containing PiCTeX plotting commands.
Technically, therefore, <tt>mathspic</tt>
is a preprocessor or `filter' for use with the PiCTeX drawing engine.
<tt>mathspic</tt> was originally written in PowerBASIC 3.5, a
DOS-based programming language. Since, many
potential users are working in rather different programming environments,
the authors thought of porting <tt>mathspic</tt> into another programming
cross-platform language which would be widely available.
The authors decided to rewrite <tt>mathspic</tt> in Perl
since not only is Perl pretty stable, but it has
extensive mathematical support.<p>

<h3><b>Program Structure</b></h3><p>
Initially, we define a little package that is used to implement the [[loop]]
command. Then, we must do is to check the possible command line arguments.
Next, we process the input file.
If the user has used the [[-b]] (see below), the program will `beep'
if any errors are found during processing.
We need some auxiliary subroutines in order to properly parse the input
file and of course to handle the various commands. We also need a
few global variables.

<<*>>=
#!/usr/bin/perl
#
#(c) Copyright 2005-2010  
#                    Apostolos Syropoulos   &  R.W.D. Nickalls
#                    asyropoulos@yahoo.com     dick@nickalls.org
#
# This program can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms
# of the LaTeX Project Public License Distributed from CTAN
# archives in directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; either
# version 1 of the License, or any later version.
#
<<package <tt>DummyFH</tt> >>
package main;
use Math::Trig;
<<Define global variables>>
<<subroutine definitions>>
<<Check for command line arguments>>
<<process file>>
print $alarm if $no_errors > 0;
__END__

@ The package [[DummyFH]] is used in the implementation of the [[loop]] command.
It creates a dummy filehandle that is associated with an array of strings. Since
we only read data from this dummy filehandle, we implement the [[READLINE]] subroutine.
When we read a line from this dummy filehandle, we actually requesting the next entry
of the array (if any). That is why we use the package variable [[$index]]. When there
are no more entries in the array, subroutine [[READLINE]] returns the value [[undef]]
so to falsify loop that controls the consumption of input from this dummy filehandle.

<<package <tt>DummyFH</tt> >>=
package DummyFH;
my $index = 0;
sub TIEHANDLE {
    my $class = shift;
    my $self= shift;
    bless $self, $class;
}
sub READLINE {
    my $self = shift;
    #shift @$self;
    if ($index > $#$self) {
      $index = 0;
      return undef;
    }
    else {
      return $self->[$index++];
    }
}

@ <tt>mathspic</tt> accepts at most four command-line switches, namely
<tt>-b</tt> for enabling the beep, <tt>-s</tt> for automatic
screen viewing of the output-file,
<tt>-c</tt> for cleaning out all comment-lines,
and <tt>-o</tt> with a following file-name
for specifying the output file-name.
<tt>mathspic</tt> requires the name of an existing input-file
(the so-called <tt>mathspic</tt>-file) containing
<tt>mathspic</tt>commands.
If no command-line arguments are supplied, we print a
suitable usage message indicating the syntax.
For each command-line argument we set a global
variable. The default behavior is that the `bell' does not beep
and comment-lines are not removed from the output-file.

<<Check for command line arguments>>=
our $alarm="";
our $comments_on=1;
our $out_file="default";
our $argc=@ARGV;
if ($argc == 0 || $argc > 5 ){ # no command line arguments or more than 4
                               # arguments
  die "\nmathspic version $version_number\n" .
      "Usage: mathspic [-h] [-b] [-c] [-o <out file>] <in file>\n\n";
}
else {
  <<Process command line arguments>>
  print "This is mathspic version $version_number\n";
}
<<Check if .m file exists>>

@ In order to get the various command-line arguments we use a simple
[[while]] loop that checks each element of the array [[@ARGV]]. We check
for all the switches, and we get the name of the input-file.

<<Process command line arguments>>=
   our $file = "";
   SWITCHES:
   while($_ = $ARGV[0]) {
     shift;     
     if (/^-h$/) {
       die "\nThis is mathspic version $version_number\n" .
           "Type \"man mathspic\" for detailed help\n".
           "Usage:\tmathspic  [-h] [-b] [-c] [-o <out file>] <in file>\n" . 
           "\twhere,\n" . 
           "\t[-b]\tenables bell sound if error exists\n" .
           "\t[-c]\tdisables comments in ouput file\n" .
           "\t[-h]\tgives this help listing\n" .
           "\t[-o]\tcreates specified output file\n\n"; 
     }
     elsif (/^-b$/) {
       $alarm = chr(7);
     }
     elsif (/^-c$/) {
       $comments_on = 0;
     }
     elsif (/^-o$/) {
       die "No output file specified!\n" if !@ARGV;
       $out_file = $ARGV[0];
       shift;
     }
     elsif (/^-\w+/) {
       die "$_: Illegal command line switch!\n";
     }
     else {
       $file = $_;
     }
   }my ($xA, $yA, $xB, $yB, $dist)=@_;
   die "No input file specified!\n" if $file eq "";

@ In order to check whether the input-file exists, we simply use the
[[-e]] operator. First we check to see if [[$file]] exits.
If the input-file does exist then the variable [[$file]] contains
the file name. In case the user has not specified an output
file, the default output file name is the name of the input file with
extension [[.mt]]. Finally, the program outputs all error messages to
the screen and to a log file. The name of the log file consists of
the contents of the variable [[$file]] and the extension [[.mlg]].

<<Check if .m file exists>>=
   our ($source_file, $log_file);
   if (! -e $file) {
      die "$file: no such file!\n" if (! (-e "$file.m"));
      $source_file = "$file.m";
   }
   else {
      $source_file = $file;
      $file = $1 if $file =~ /(\w[\w-\.]+)\.\w+/;
   }
   $out_file= "$file.mt" if $out_file eq "default";
   $log_file= "$file.mlg";

@ Now that we have all the command line arguments, we can start processing
the input file. This is done by calling the subroutine [[process_input]].
Before that we must open all necessary files. Next,
we print some `header' information to the output file and to the log file.

<<process file>>=
  open(IN,"$source_file")||die "Can't open source file: $source_file\n";
  open(OUT,">$out_file")||die "Can't open output file: $out_file\n";
  open(LOG,">$log_file")||die "Can't open log file: $log_file\n";
  print_headers;
  process_input(IN,"");

@ In this section we define a few global variables. More specifically:
the variable [[$version_number]] contains the current version number of the
program, the variable [[$commandLineArgs]] contains the command line arguments.
These two variables are used in the [[print_headers]] subroutine.
The variable [[$command]] will contain the whole current input line.
Hash [[%PointTable]] is used to store point names and related
information. Hash [[%VarTable]] is used to store mathspic variable names
and related information, while the associative array [[%ConstTable]] contains the
names of constants. Note that the values of both constants and variables are
kept in [[%VarTable]].
The variable [[$no_errors]] is incremented whenever the
program encounters an error in the input file. The variables [[$xunits]],
[[$yunits]] and [[$units]] are related to the [[paper]] command.
In particular, the variable [[$units]] is used to parse the unit part of the
[[unit]] part of the [[paper]] command. The variable [[$defaultsymbol]] is used to
set the point shape.  The constant [[PI]] holds the value of the mathematical
 constant pi.
The constant [[R2D]] holds the transformation factor to transform radians to
degrees. The constant [[D2R]] holds  the transformation factor
to transform degrees to radians, i.e., the value [[1/R2D]]. The global variables
[[$arrowLength]], [[$arrowAngleB]] and [[$arrowAngleC]] are actually parameters that
are used by the subroutines that draw arrows. Since [[$arrowLength]] is actually
a length, variable [[$arrowLenghtUnits]] holds the units of measure in which
this length is expressed. The hash table [[%DimOfPoint]] contains the side or the
radius of a point whose plot-symbol is a square or a circle, respectively. In case the
default point symbol is a circle or a square, variable [[$GlobalDimOfPoints]] is used
to store the length of the radius or the length of the side of default point symbol,
respectively. Variable [[$LineThickness]] holds the current line thickness (the
default value is  0.4&nbsp;pt).

<<Define global variables>>=
our $version_number = "1.13 Apr 26, 2010";
our $commandLineArgs = join(" ", @ARGV);
our $command  = "";
our $curr_in_file = "";
our %PointTable = ();
our %VarTable = ();
our %ConstTable = ();
our $no_errors = 0;
our $xunits = "1pt";
our $yunits = "1pt";
our $units = "pt|pc|in|bp|cm|mm|dd|cc|sp";
our $defaultsymbol = "\$\\bullet\$";
our $defaultLFradius = 0;
use constant PI => atan2(1,1)*4;
use constant R2D => 180 / PI;
use constant D2R => PI / 180;
our $arrowLength = 2;
our $arrowLengthUnits = "mm";
our $arrowAngleB = 30;
our $arrowAngleC = 40; 
our %DimOfPoint = ();
our $GlobalDimOfPoints = 0;
our @Macros = ();
our $LineThickness = 0.4;

@ In this section we define the various subroutines that are needed in order
to process the input file.

<p> Subroutine <tt>mpp</tt> is a mathspic preprocessor that allows the definition
and use of macros with or without arguments. For the moment it is an experimental
feature and it should be used with care. 

<p> Subroutine <tt>PrintErrorMessage</tt> is used to print error messages
to the screen, to the output file and to the log file.

<p> Subroutine <tt>PrintWarningMessage</tt> is used to print warning messages
to the screen, to the output file and to the log file.

<p> Subroutine <tt>PrintFatalError</tt> is used to print an error message
to the screen and to abort execution, where the error is considered fatal
and not recoverable.

<p>Subroutine <tt>chk_lparen</tt> checks whether the next input
character is a left parenthesis. Subroutine <tt>chk_rparen</tt>
checks whether the next input character is a right parenthesis. Subroutine
<tt>chk_comment</tt> checks whether a given command is followed by a trailing
comment. In the same spirit, we define the subroutines <tt>chk_lcb</tt>,
<tt>chk_rcb</tt>, <tt>chk_lsb</tt>, and  <tt>chk_rsb</tt> which check for
opening and closing curly and square brackets respectively.
The subroutine [[chk_comma]] checks whether the next token is a comma.

<p> Subroutine [[print_headers]] is used to print a header to the output file,
so a user knows that the file has been generated by <tt>mathspic</tt>.

<p> Subroutine [[get_point]] is used to parse a point name and to
check whether the point exists (i.e whether the point has been defined).

<p> Subroutine [[perpendicular]] is used to compute the coordinates of the
foot of perpendicular line from some point P to a line AB.

<p> Subroutine [[Length]] is used to compute the distance between two
points A and B.

<p> Subroutine [[triangleArea]] computes the area of a triangle defined
by three points.

<p> Subroutine [[PointOnLine]] is used to compute the coordinates of
a point on a line segment AB and  a distance d units from A towards B.

<p> Subroutine [[circumCircleCenter]] takes six arguments that are the
coordinates of three points and computes the center of the circle that
passes through the three points which define the triangle.

<p> Subroutine [[ComputeDist]] is used to compute a numeric value that is
specified by either a variable name, a pair of points, or just a number.

<p> Subroutine [[intersection4points]] is used to compute the coordinates
of the point of intersection of two lines specified by the four arguments
(i.e. two arguments for each point).

<p> Subroutine [[IncircleCenter]] is used to compute the center and
the radius of a circle that touches internally the sides of a triangle,
the coordinates of the three points which define the triangle
being the arguments of the subroutine.

<p> Subroutine [[Angle]] determines the opening in degrees of an angle
defined by three points which are the arguments of this subroutine.

<p> Subroutine [[excircle]] computes the center and the radius of
a circle that externally touches a given side (4th and 5th arguments) of
triangle (determined by the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd argument).

<p> Subroutine [[DrawLineOrArrow]] is used to parse the arguments of the commands
    [[drawline]], [[drawthickline]], [[drawarrow]], [[drawthickarrow]] and
    [[drawCurve]].

<p> Subroutine [[drawarrows]] is used to draw one or more arrows between points.

<p> Subroutine [[drawlines]] is used to draw one or more lines between points.

<p> Subroutine [[drawCurve]] is used to draw a curve between an odd number of points.

<p> Subroutine [[drawpoints]] is used to draw the point symbol of one or more points.

<p> Subroutine [[drawAngleArc]] is used to draw an arc line within an angle.

<p> Subroutine [[drawAngleArrow]] is used to draw an arc line with an arrow on the end,
within an angle.

<p> Subroutine [[expr]] and subroutines [[term]], [[factor]] and
[[primitive]] are used to parse an expression that follows a variable
declaration.

<p> Subroutine [[memberOf]] is used to determine whether a string is a
member of a list of strings.

<p> Subroutine [[midpoint]] computes the midpoint of two points.

<p> Subroutine [[tand]] computes the tangent of an angle, where the
angle is expressed in degrees.

<p> Subroutine [[get_string]] scans a string in order to extract a
valid mathspic string.

<p> Subroutine [[is_tainted]] checks whether a string contains data that
may be proved harmful if used as arguments to a shell escape.

<p> Subroutine [[noOfDigits]] has one argument which is a number and
returns the number of decimal digits it has.

<p> Subroutine [[drawsquare]] has one argument which is the radius of point
and yields LaTeX code that draws a square.

<p> Subroutine [[X2sp]] can be used to transform a length to sp units.

<p> Subroutine [[sp2X]] can be used to transform a length expressed in sp units
    to any other acceptable unit.

<p> Subroutine [[setLineThickness]] is used to determine the length of the
    linethickness in the current paper units.

<p> Subroutine [[process_input]] parses the input file and any other file
 being included in the main file, and generates output.

<<subroutine definitions>>=
  <<subroutine <tt>mpp</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>PrintErrorMessage</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>PrintWarningMessage</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>PrintFatalError</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>chk_lparen</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>chk_rparen</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>chk_lcb</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>chk_rcb</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>chk_lsb</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>chk_rsb</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>chk_comma</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>chk_comment</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>print_headers</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>get_point</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>perpendicular</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>Length</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>triangleArea</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>pointOnLine</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>circumCircleCenter</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>ComputeDist</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>intersection4points</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>IncircleCenter</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>Angle</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>excircle</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>DrawLineOrArrow</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>drawarrows</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>drawlines</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>drawCurve</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>drawpoints</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>drawAngleArc</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>drawAngleArrow</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>expr</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>memberOf</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>midpoint</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>tand</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>get_string</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>is_tainted</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>noOfDigits</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>drawsquare</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>X2sp</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>sp2X</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>setLineThickness</tt> >>
  <<subroutine <tt>process_input</tt> >>

@ Subroutine <tt>mpp</tt> is an implementation of a mathspic preprocessor that allows
the definition of one-line macros with or without arguments. Macro definition has the
following syntax:
<center>
 <tt>"%def" macro_name "(" [ parameters ] ")" macro_code
</center>
where parameters is a list of comma separated strings (e.g., x,y,z). Once a macro is
defined it can be used or it can be undefined. To undefine a macro one has to use
the following command:
<center>
 <tt>"%undef" [ macro_name ] 
</center
This means that an undef command without an accompanying macro name has no effect
at all. In order to use a macro we simply type its name and its arguments in
parentheses. Note that macro arguments should not contain spaces. If a macro has no
argument, there is no need to type any parentheses. We will now describe briefly how
the macro processor operates.
<p> If the current input line starts with <tt>%def</tt>, then we assume that we have
a macro definition. We parse each component of the macro definition and finally we
store the macro name, the macro code and the macro parameters (if any) in an anonymous
hash that eventually becomes part of an array. If we encounter any error, we simply
skip to the next line after printing a suitable error message. Now, if the first tokens
of an input line are <tt>%undef</tt>, we assume the user wants to delete a macro. 
In case these tokens are not followed by a macro name or the macro name has not been
defined we simply go on. Otherwise, we delete the corresponding macro data from the
global array [[@Macros]] that contains all the macro information. Macro expansion is
more difficult and it will be described in detail in a separate document. At this point
we would like to thank Joachim Schneider <joachim at hal dot rhein-necker dot de>
for a suggestion on improving macro expansion.

<<subroutine <tt>mpp</tt> >>=
sub mpp {
  my $in_line;
  chomp($in_line = shift);
  my $LC = shift;
  my $out_line = $in_line;
  my $macro_name = "";
  my @macro_param = ();
  my $macro_code = "";
  if ($in_line =~ s/^%def\s*//) {
    if ($in_line =~ s/^(\w+)\s*//){
      $macro_name = $1;
    }
    else {
      PrintErrorMessage("No macro name has been found",$LC);
      return ""
    }
    if ($in_line =~ s/^\(\s*//) {
      # do nothing
    }
    else {
      PrintErrorMessage("No left parenthesis after macro name has been found",$LC);
      return "";
    }
    if ($in_line =~ s/^\)//) {
      # Macro has no parameters!
    }
    else {
      MACROS: while (1) {
        if ($in_line =~ s/^(\w+)\s*//) {
          push (@macro_param, $1);
        }
        else {
          PrintErrorMessage("No macro parameter name has been found",$LC);
          return "";
        }
        if ($in_line =~ s/^,\s*//) {
          next MACROS;
        }
        else {
          last MACROS;
        } 
      }
      if ($in_line =~ s/^\)//) {
        # do nothing!
      }
      else {
        PrintErrorMessage("No closing parenthesis after macro parameters",$LC);
        return "";
      }
    }
    $in_line =~ s/([^%]+)(%.*)/$1/;
    $macro_code = $in_line;
    push ( @Macros , { 'macro_name' => $macro_name,
                       'macro_code' => $macro_code,
                       'macro_param' => \@macro_param }); 
    return $out_line;
  }
  elsif ($in_line =~ s/^%undef\s*//) {
    if ($in_line =~ s/^(\w+)//) {
      my $undef_macro = $1;
      for(my $i = $#Macros; $i >= 0; $i--) {
        if ($Macros[$i]->{'macro_name'} eq $undef_macro) {
	 splice(@Macros,$i,1);
        }   
      }
    }
    return $out_line;
  }
  elsif ($in_line =~ s/^\s*%//) {
    return $out_line;
  }
  else {
    my $comment = $2 if $in_line =~ s/([^%]+)(%.+)/$1/;
    EXPANSIONLOOP: while () {
      my $org_in_line = $in_line;
      for(my $i = $#Macros; $i >= 0; $i--) {
        my $macro_name = $Macros[$i]->{'macro_name'};
        if ($in_line =~ /&$macro_name\b/) {       ############################
          my $num_of_macro_args = @{$Macros[$i]->{'macro_param'}};
          if ( $num_of_macro_args > 0 ) { 
          # Macro with parameters
	    my $pattern = "&$macro_name\\(";
	    foreach my $p ( 1..$num_of_macro_args ) {
	      my $comma = ($p == $num_of_macro_args) ? "\\s*" : "\\s*,\\s*";
	      $pattern .= "\\s*[^\\s\\)]+$comma";
	    }
	    $pattern .= "\\)";
	    while($in_line =~ /&$macro_name\b/) {
	      if ($in_line =~ /$pattern/) {   
	        my $before = $`;
                my $after = $';
                my $match = $&;
                my $new_code = $Macros[$i]->{'macro_code'};
                $match =~ s/^&$macro_name\(\s*//;
	        $match =~ s/\)$//; 
                foreach my $arg ( 0..($num_of_macro_args - 1) ) {
	          my $old = $Macros[$i]->{'macro_param'}->[$arg];
	          my $comma = ($arg == ($num_of_macro_args - 1)) ? "" : ",";
	          $match =~ s/^\s*([^\s,]+)\s*$comma//;
	          my $new = $1; 
                  # 'g': Parameter may occur several times
                  # in $new_code.
                  # '\b': Substitute only whole words
                  # not x in xA
                  $new_code =~ s/\b$old\b/$new/g;
	        }
                $in_line = "$before$new_code$after"; 
	      }
	      else {
                PrintErrorMessage("Usage of macro &$macro_name does not " .
                                  "match its definition", $LC); 
                return "";
	      }
            }
          }
          else {
            # Macro without parameters
	    my $replacement = $Macros[$i]->{'macro_code'};
            # '\b': Substitute only whole words
            # not x in xA
            $in_line =~ s/&$macro_name\b/$replacement/g;
          }
        }
      } 
      last EXPANSIONLOOP if ( $org_in_line eq $in_line );
    }
    return "$in_line$comment";   
  }
}

@ Subroutine <tt>PrintErrorMessage</tt> has two parameters: the
error message that will be printed on the screen, the log file and
the output file, and the line number of the line containing the
error was detected.
The general form of the error message is the following:
<pre>
line X: paper{units(
                    ,mm)xrange(0,20)yrange(0,30)axes(B)ticks(10,10)}

***Error: Error_Message
</pre>
where [[X]] denotes the line number and [[Error_Message]] is the
actual error message. Note, that we print the tokens processed so far
and on the text line the unprocessed tokens, so that the user knows
exactly where the error is. In the variable [[$A]] we store the processed
tokens, while the variable [[$l]] holds the length of [[$A]] plus the
length of the [[$error_line]] (that is the number of the input line where
the error occurred) plus 7, i.e., 4 (the length of the word
[[line]]) plus 2 (the two blank spaces) plus 1 (the symbol [[:]]).
Finally, we increment the error counter (variable [[$no_errors]]). Note, that
in case the user has specified the [[-c]] command line switch, we will not
print any messages to the output file.

<<subroutine <tt>PrintErrorMessage</tt> >>=
    sub PrintErrorMessage {
      my $errormessage = shift;
      my $error_line   = shift;
      my ($l,$A);
      $l = 1+length($command)-length;
      $A = substr($command,0,$l);
      $l += 7 +length($error_line);

      for my $fh (STDOUT, LOG) {
        print $fh "$curr_in_file", "Line $error_line: $A\n";
        print $fh " " x $l  ,$_,"***Error: $errormessage\n";
      }
      if ($comments_on) {  #print to output file file
        print OUT "%% *** $curr_in_file", "Line $error_line: $A\n";
        print OUT "%% *** "," " x $l  ,$_,"%% ... Error: $errormessage\n";
      }
      $no_errors++;
    }

@ Subroutine <tt>PrintWarningMessage</tt> behaves exactly like the subroutine
<tt>PrintErrorMessage</tt>. The only difference is that the second
subroutine prints only a warning message. A warning is issued when
the system detects parameters that do nothing.

<<subroutine <tt>PrintWarningMessage</tt> >>=
    sub PrintWarningMessage {
      my $warningMessage = shift;
      my $warning_line   = shift;
      my ($l,$A);
      $l = 1+length($command)-length;
      $A = substr($command,0,$l);
      $l += 7 +length($warning_line);

      for my $fh (STDOUT, LOG) {
        print $fh "$curr_in_file", "Line $warning_line: $A\n";
        print $fh " " x $l  ,$_,"***Warning: $warningMessage\n";
      }
      if ($comments_on) {  #print to output file file
        print OUT "%% *** $curr_in_file", "Line $warning_line: $A\n";
        print OUT "%% *** "," " x $l  ,$_,"%% ... Warning: $warningMessage\n";
      }
    }

@ The subroutine <tt>PrintFatalError</tt> behaves similarly to  the subroutine
<tt>PrintErrorMessage</tt>. It prints an error message to the
screen and aborts execution.

<<subroutine <tt>PrintFatalError</tt> >>=
    sub PrintFatalError {
      my $FatalMessage = shift;
      my $fatal_line   = shift;
      my ($l,$A);
      $l = 1+length($command)-length;
      $A = substr($command,0,$l);
      $l += 7 +length($fatal_line);

      die "$curr_in_file", "Line $fatal_line: $A\n" .
          (" " x $l) . $_ . "***Fatal Error: $FatalMessage\n";
    }

@ The subroutine <tt>chk_lparen</tt> accepts two arguments: the name
of the token that should be immediately before the left parenthesis (variable
[[$token]]), and the current line number (variable [[$lc]]). First we
skip any leading white space and then check whether the next
input character is a left parenthesis, then the subroutine skips any
trailing white space; otherwise it prints an error message.

<<subroutine <tt>chk_lparen</tt> >>=
sub chk_lparen {
  my $token = $_[0];
  my $lc    = $_[1];
  s/\s*//;
  if (/^[^\(]/) {
    PrintErrorMessage("Missing ( after $token",$lc);
  }
  else {
    s/^\(\s*//;
  }
}

@ The subroutine <tt>chk_rparen</tt> accepts two  parameters: the name
of the token that should be immediately after a right parenthesis (variable
[[$token]]), and the current line number (variable [[$lc]]). Initially, we
skip any leading white space and then we check whether the next input
token is a right parenthesis. If it is not we issue a error message and
return, otherwise we skip the parenthesis and any trailing white space.

<<subroutine <tt>chk_rparen</tt> >>=
sub chk_rparen {
  my $token = $_[0];
  my $lc    = $_[1];
  s/\s*//;
  if (s/^\)//) {
    s/\s*//;
  }
  else {
    PrintErrorMessage("Missing ) after $token",$lc);
  }
}


@ The subroutine <tt>chk_lcb</tt> behaves in a similar way to the subroutine
<tt>chk_lparen</tt>.

<<subroutine <tt>chk_lcb</tt> >>=
sub chk_lcb {
  my $token = $_[0];
  my $lc    = $_[1];
  s/\s*//;
  if ($_ !~ /^\{/) {
    PrintErrorMessage("Missing { after $token",$lc);
  }
  else {
    s/^{\s*//;
  }
}

@ Subroutine <tt>chk_rcb</tt> behaves in a similar way to the subroutine
<tt>chk_rparen</tt>.

<<subroutine <tt>chk_rcb</tt> >>=
sub chk_rcb {
  my $token = $_[0];
  my $lc    = $_[1];
  if ($_ !~ /^\s*\}/) {
    PrintErrorMessage("Missing } after $token",$lc);
  }
  else {
    s/^\s*}\s*//;
  }
}

@ Subroutine <tt>chk_lsb</tt> behaves in a similar way to the subroutine
<tt>chk_lparen</tt>.

<<subroutine <tt>chk_lsb</tt> >>=
sub chk_lsb {
   my $token = $_[0];
   my $lc    = $_[1];

   s/\s*//;
   if ($_ !~ /^\[/) {
     PrintErrorMessage("Missing [ after  $token",$lc);
   }
   else {
      s/^\[\s*//;
   }
}

@ Subroutine <tt>chk_rsb</tt> behaves in a similar way to the subroutine
<tt>chk_rparen</tt>.

<<subroutine <tt>chk_rsb</tt> >>=
sub chk_rsb {
   my $token = $_[0];
   my $lc    = $_[1];

   s/\s*//;
   if ($_ !~ /^\]/) {
     PrintErrorMessage("Missing ] after  $token",$lc);
   }
   else {
     s/^\]\s*//;
   }
}

@ The subroutine [[chk_comma]] checks whether the next token is a comma.
If it is not then it prints an error message, otherwise it consumes the
comma and any white space that follows the comma.

<<subroutine <tt>chk_comma</tt> >>=
sub chk_comma {
  my $lc  = $_[0];

  s/\s*//;
  if (/^[^,]/) {
    PrintErrorMessage("Did not find expected comma",$lc);
  }
  else {
    s/^,\s*//;
  }
}

@ The subroutine [[chk_comment]] has only one parameter which is the current
line number. It checks whether the next input character is a comment
character and in this case it does nothing!. Otherwise, if there is some trailing text
it simply prints a warning to the screen.

<<subroutine <tt>chk_comment</tt> >>=
sub chk_comment {
   my $lc = $_[0];

   s/\s*//;
   if (/^%/) {
     # do nothing!
   }
   elsif (/^[^%]/) {
     PrintWarningMessage("Trailing text is ignored",$lc);
   }
}

@ The subroutine [[print_headers]] prints a header to the output file, as
well as a header to the LOG file.
The header contains information regarding the version of the
program, a copyright notice, the command line, date and time information,
and the names of the various files processed/generated.

<<subroutine <tt>print_headers</tt> >>=
  sub print_headers
  {
     my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime;
     $year+=1900;
     $mon+=1;
     $now_string = "$year/" . ($mon>9 ? "$mon/" : "0$mon/") .
                   ($mday>9 ? "$mday    " : "0$mday    ") .
                   ($hour>9 ? "$hour:" : "0$hour:") .
                   ($min>9 ? "$min:" : "0$min:") .
                   ($sec>9 ? "$sec" : "0$sec");
     print OUT "%* -----------------------------------------------\n";
     print OUT "%* mathspic (Perl version $version_number)\n";
     print OUT "%* A filter program for use with PiCTeX\n";
     print OUT "%* Copyright (c) 2005-2010 A Syropoulos & RWD Nickalls \n";
     print OUT "%* Command line: $0 $commandLineArgs\n";
     print OUT "%* Input filename : $source_file\n";
     print OUT "%* Output filename: $out_file\n";
     print OUT "%* Date & time: $now_string\n";
     print OUT "%* -----------------------------------------------\n";
     #
     print LOG "----\n";
     print LOG "$now_string\n";
     print LOG "mathspic (Perl version $version_number)\n";
     print LOG "Copyright (c) 2005-2010 A Syropoulos & RWD Nickalls \n";
     print LOG "Input file  = $source_file\n";
     print LOG "Output file = $out_file\n";
     print LOG "Log file    = $log_file\n";
     print LOG "----\n";
  }

@ The subroutine [[get_point]] parses an individual point name.
If the next token is also a point name then it returns the point name
 (but only if the only if
the point name exists in the PointTable). In all other cases it returns
the string [[_undef_]] to indicate that something is wrong.

<<subroutine <tt>get_point</tt> >>=
   sub get_point {

       my ($lc) = $_[0];
       my ($PointName);

       if (s/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})\s*//i) { #point name
         $PointName = $1;
         if (!exists($PointTable{lc($PointName)})) {
           PrintErrorMessage("Undefined point $PointName",$lc);
           return "_undef_";
         }
         else {
           return lc($PointName);
         }
       }
       else {
         PrintErrorMessage("Point name expected",$lc);
         return "_undef_";
       }
   }

@ The subroutine [[perpendicular]] has 6 parameters that correspond to the
coordinates of some point P and to the coordinates of two points A and
B that define a line. The subroutine returns
a pair of numbers that correspond to the coordinates of a point that lies
at the foot of the perpendicular to the line AB that passes through point P.
The slope of line AB is m<sub>1</sub> and so its equation is
y=m<sub>1</sub>x+c<sub>1</sub>. Similarly, the slope of the line PF is
m<sub>2</sub>=-1/m<sub>1</sub> and its equation is
y=m<sub>2</sub>x+c<sub>2</sub>. Since the line AB passes through A, then
c<sub>1</sub>=y<sub>A</sub>-m<sub>1</sub>x<sub>A</sub>. Similarly, as P is
on line PF, then c<sub>2</sub>=y<sub>P</sub>-m<sub>2</sub>x<sub>P</sub>.
Now point F is on both lines, therefore
y<sub>F</sub>=m<sub>2</sub>x<sub>F</sub>+c<sub>2</sub> and
y<sub>F</sub>=m<sub>1</sub>x<sub>F</sub>+c<sub>1</sub>. Solving these
equations for x<sub>F</sub> and y<sub>F</sub> gives:
<center>
x<sub>F</sub>=(c<sub>2</sub>-c<sub>1</sub>)/(m<sub>1</sub>-m<sub>2</sub>)<br>
y<sub>F</sub>=(m<sub>1</sub>c<sub>2</sub>-m<sub>2</sub>c<sub>1</sub>)/
(m<sub>1</sub>-m<sub>2</sub>)
</center>

<<subroutine <tt>perpendicular</tt> >>=
  sub perpendicular {
      my ($xP, $yP, $xA, $yA, $xB, $yB) = @_;
      my ($xF, $yF, $deltax, $deltay, $m1, $m2, $c1, $c2, $factor);

      $deltax = $xA - $xB;
      return ($xA, $yP) if abs($deltax) < 0.0000001;
      $deltay = $yA - $yB;
      return ($xP, $yA) if abs($deltay) < 0.0000001;
      $m1 = $deltay / $deltax;
      eval { $m2 = (-1) / $m1;};
      PrintFatalError("Division by zero",$lc) if $@;
      $c1 = $yA - $m1 * $xA;
      $c2 = $yP - $m2 * $xP;
      eval { $factor = 1 / ($m1 - $m2)};
      PrintFatalError("Division by zero",$lc) if $@;
      return (($c2 - $c1) * $factor, ($m1 * $c2 - $m2 * $c1) * $factor);
  }

@  The subroutine [[Length]] computes the distance between two points A and B.
Notice, that the name of the subroutine starts with a capital L, just
to avoid conflict with the predefined Perl function. The subroutine
requires four parameters which are the coordinates of the two points.

<<subroutine <tt>Length</tt> >>=
  sub Length {
      my ($xA, $yA, $xB, $yB)=@_;
      return sqrt(($xB - $xA)**2 + ($yB - $yA)**2);
  }

@ The subroutine [[triangleArea]] computes the area of a triangle by using
Heron's formula, i.e., given a triangle ABC, we first compute
s=(AB+BC+CA)/2 and then the area of the triangle is equal to the
square root of s times (s-AB) times (s-BC) times (s-BA), where AB, BC, and CA
are the lengths of the three sides of the triangle. The subroutine accepts 6
parameters, which correspond to the coordinates of three points that define
the triangle.

<<subroutine <tt>triangleArea</tt> >>=
  sub triangleArea {
      my ($xA, $yA, $xB, $yB, $xC, $yC)=@_;
      my ($lenAB, $lenBC, $lenCA, $s);

      $lenAB = Length($xA,$yA,$xB,$yB);
      $lenBC = Length($xB,$yB,$xC,$yC);
      $lenCA = Length($xC,$yC,$xA,$yA);
      $s = ($lenAB + $lenBC + $lenCA) / 2;
      return sqrt($s * ($s - $lenAB)*($s - $lenBC)*($s - $lenCA));
  }

@ The subroutine [[poinOnLine]] accepts five arguments: the coordinates of two
points and the decimal number which corresponds to the distance from the
first point towards the second one. The way we compute the coordinates of
the point is fairly simple.

<<subroutine <tt>pointOnLine</tt> >>=
  sub pointOnLine {
      my ($xA, $yA, $xB, $yB, $dist)=@_;
      my ($deltax, $deltay, $xPol, $yPol);

      $deltax = $xB - $xA;
      $deltay = $yB - $yA;
      $xPol = $xA + ($dist * $deltax / &Length($xA,$yA,$xB,$yB));
      $yPol = $yA + ($dist * $deltay / &Length($xA,$yA,$xB,$yB));
      return ($xPol, $yPol);
  }


@ As we have mentioned above the subroutine [[circumCircleCenter]] takes six
arguments that correspond to the coordinates of three points that
define a triangle. The subroutine computes the coordinates of
the center of a circle that passes through these three points, and the radius of
the circle. We now describe how the subroutine computes the center
of the circle and its radius. Let the triangle points be [[t1]], [[t2]]
and [[t3]]. We use the two  pairs of points to define two sides,
i.e., [[t1t2]] and [[t2t3]]. For each
side we locate the midpoints and get the their coordinates. We check
whether either of these two lines is either vertical or horizontal. If this
is true, we know that one of the coordinates of the center of the circumcircle
is the same as that of the midpoints of the horizontal or vertical line.
Next, we determine the slopes of the lines [[t1t2]] and [[t2t3]].
We now determine the slope of lines at right-angles to these lines. We solve the
resulting equations and obtain the center of the circumcircle. Now we get the
radius, and then we are done.

<<subroutine <tt>circumCircleCenter</tt> >>=

  sub circumCircleCenter {
     my ($xA, $yA, $xB, $yB, $xC, $yC, $lc)=@_;
     my ($deltay12, $deltax12, $xs12, $ys12);
     my ($deltay23, $deltax23, $xs23, $ys23);
     my ($xcc, $ycc);
     my ($m23, $mr23, $c23, $m12, $mr12, $c12);
     my ($sideA, $sideB, $sideC, $a, $radius);

     if (abs(triangleArea($xA, $yA, $xB, $yB, $xC, $yC)) < 0.0000001)
     {
        PrintErrorMessage("Area of triangle is zero!",$lc);
        return (0,0,0);
     }
     $deltay12 = $yB - $yA;
     $deltax12 = $xB - $xA;
     $xs12 = $xA + $deltax12 / 2;
     $ys12 = $yA + $deltay12 / 2;
     #
     $deltay23 = $yC - $yB;
     $deltax23 = $xC - $xB;
     $xs23 = $xB + $deltax23 / 2;
     $ys23 = $yB + $deltay23 / 2;
     #
     CCXYLINE:{
     if (abs($deltay12) < 0.0000001)
     {
        $xcc = $xs12;
        if (abs($deltax23) < 0.0000001)
        {
           $ycc = $ys23;
           last CCXYLINE;
        }
        else
        {
           $m23 = $deltay23 / $deltax23;
           $mr23 = -1 / $m23;
           $c23 = $ys23 - $mr23 * $xs23;
           $ycc = $mr23 * $xs12 + $c23;
           last CCXYLINE;
        }
     }
     if (abs($deltax12) < 0.0000001)
     {
        $ycc = $ys12;
        if (abs($deltay23) < 0.0000001)
        {
           $xcc = $xs23;
           last CCXYLINE;
        }
        else
        {
           $m23 = $deltay23 / $deltax23;
           $mr23 = -1 / $m23;
           $c23 = $ys23 - $mr23 * $xs23;
           $xcc = ($ys12 - $c23) / $mr23;
           last CCXYLINE;
        }
     }
     if (abs($deltay23) < 0.0000001)
     {
        $xcc = $xs23;
        if (abs($deltax12) < 0.0000001)
        {
           $ycc = $ys12;
           last CCXYLINE;
        }
        else
        {
           $m12 = $deltay12 / $deltax12;
           $mr12 = -1 / $m12;
           $c12 = $ys12 - $mr12 * $xs12;
           $ycc = $mr12 * $xcc + $c12;
           last CCXYLINE;
        }
     }
     if (abs($deltax23) < 0.0000001)
     {
        $ycc = $ys23;
        if (abs($deltay12) < 0.0000001)
        {
           $xcc = $xs12;
           last CCXYLINE;
        }
        else
        {
           $m12 = $deltay12 / $deltax12;
           $mr12 = -1 / $m12;
           $c12 = $ys12 - $mr12 * $xs12;
           $xcc = ($ycc - $c12) / $mr12;
           last CCXYLINE;
        }
     }
     $m12 = $deltay12 / $deltax12;
     $mr12 = -1 / $m12;
     $c12 = $ys12 - $mr12 * $xs12;
     #-----
     $m23 = $deltay23 / $deltax23;
     $mr23 = -1 / $m23;
     $c23 = $ys23 - $mr23 * $xs23;
     $xcc = ($c23 - $c12) / ($mr12 - $mr23);
     $ycc = ($c23 * $mr12 - $c12 * $mr23) / ($mr12 - $mr23);
     }
     #
     $sideA = &Length($xA,$yA,$xB,$yB);
     $sideB = &Length($xB,$yB,$xC,$yC);
     $sideC = &Length($xC,$yC,$xA,$yA);
     $a = triangleArea($xA, $yA, $xB, $yB, $xC, $yC);
     $radius = ($sideA * $sideB * $sideC) / (4 * $a);
     #
     return ($xcc, $ycc, $radius);
  }

@ The subroutine [[ComputeDist]] is used to compute a distance that is
specified by either a float number, a pair of points, or a variable
name. In case we have a pair of identifiers, we check whether the first
one is a point. If it isn't a point we assume we have a variable followed
by a keyword. Otherwise, i.e., if it is a point name, we check whether
the second identifier is also a point name. If it is, we simply return
the distance between them, otherwise we issue an error message.
If we have only a single identifier, we check whether it is a
variable that has already been defined, and  if so we return its value.
 Since, this
subroutine is heavily used, it actually returns a pair of numbers:
the first one being the computed distance and the second one being an
error indicator. If the value of this indicator is 0, then there is no
error. If its value is 1, then there is an error. Moreover, in case there
is an error the distance is assumed to be equal to zero.

<<subroutine <tt>ComputeDist</tt> >>=
  sub ComputeDist {
     my ($lc) = $_[0];
     my ($v1, $v2);

     if (s/^((\+|-)?\d+(\.\d+)?([eE](\+|-)?\d+)?)//) #is it a number?
     {
         return ($1, 1);
     }
     elsif (/^[^\W\d_]\d{0,4}[^\W\d_]\d{0,4}/) #it is a pair of IDs?
     {
        s/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})//i;
        $v1 = $1;
        if (!exists($PointTable{lc($v1)})) {  
           if (exists($VarTable{lc($v1)})) {
              return ($VarTable{lc($v1)}, 1);
           }
           PrintErrorMessage("Point $v1 has not been defined", $lc);
           s/^\s*[^\W\d_]\d{0,4}//i;
           return (0,0);
        }
        $v1 = lc($v1);
        s/^\s*([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})//i;
        $v2 = $1;
        if (!exists($PointTable{lc($v2)}))
        {
           PrintErrorMessage("Point $v2 has not been defined", $lc);
           return (0,0);
        }
        $v2 = lc($v2);
        my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$v1});
        my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$v2});
        return (Length($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2), 1);
     }
     elsif (s/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})//i) # it is a single id
     {
       $v1 = $1;
       if (!exists($VarTable{lc($v1)})) #it isn't a variable
       {
         PrintErrorMessage("Variable $v1 has not been defined", $lc);
         return (0,0);
       }
       return ($VarTable{lc($v1)}, 1);
     }
     else
     {
        PrintErrorMessage("Unexpected token", $lc);
        return (0,0);
     }
   }

@ The subroutine [[intersection4points]] has 8 parameters that correspond to the
coordinates of four points that uniquely determine two lines, and computes the
the point of intersection of these two lines.

<<subroutine <tt>intersection4points</tt> >>=
   sub intersection4points {
     my ($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3, $x4, $y4) = @_;
     my ($deltay12, $deltax12, $deltay34, $deltax34);
     my ($xcc, $ycc, $m34, $c34, $m12, $c12);

     $deltay12 = $y2 - $y1;
     $deltax12 = $x2 - $x1;
     #
     $deltay34 = $y4 - $y3;
     $deltax34 = $x4 - $x3;
     I4PXYLINE:{
        if (abs($deltay12) < 0.0000001)
        {
           $ycc = $y1;
           if (abs($deltax34) < 0.0000001)
           {
              $xcc = $x3;
              last I4PXYLINE;
           }
           else
           {
              $m34 = $deltay34 / $deltax34;
              $c34 = $y3 - $m34 * $x3;
              $xcc = ($ycc - $c34) / $m34;
              last I4PXYLINE;
           }
        }
        if (abs($deltax12) < 0.0000001)
        {
           $xcc = $x1;
           if (abs($deltay34) < 0.0000001)
           {
              $ycc = $y3;
              last I4PXYLINE;
           }
           else
           {
              $m34 = $deltay34 / $deltax34;
              $c34 = $y3 - $m34 * $x3;
              $ycc = $m34 * $xcc + $c34;
              last I4PXYLINE;
           }
        }
        if (abs($deltay34) < 0.0000001)
        {
           $ycc = $y3;
           if (abs($deltax12) < 0.0000001)
           {
              $xcc = $x1;
              last I4PXYLINE;
           }
           else
           {
              $m12 = $deltay12 / $deltax12;
              $c12 = $y1 - $m12 * $x1;
              $xcc = ($ycc - $c12) / $m12;
              last I4PXYLINE;
           }
        }
        if (abs($deltax34) < 0.0000001)
        {
           $xcc = $x3;
           if (abs($deltay12) < 0.0000001)
           {
              $ycc = $y1;
              last I4PXYLINE;
           }
           else
           {
              $m12 = $deltay12 / $deltax12;
              $c12 = $y1 - $m12 * $x1;
              $ycc = $m12 * $xcc + $c12;
              last I4PXYLINE;
           }
        }
        $m12 = $deltay12 / $deltax12;
        $c12 = $y1 - $m12 * $x1;
        $m34 = $deltay34 / $deltax34;
        $c34 = $y3 - $m34 * $x3;
        $xcc = ($c34 - $c12) / ($m12 - $m34);
        $ycc = ($c34 * $m12 - $c12 * $m34) / ($m12 - $m34);
     }
     return ($xcc, $ycc);
   }

@ The subroutine [[IncircleCenter]] computes the center and the
radius of the circle that is inside a triangle and touches the sides of
the triangle. The subroutine has six arguments that correspond to the
coordinates of three points that uniquely determine the triangle. Here are
the details:
<ul>
<li> Let the triangle points be A, B, C and sides a, b, c, where side B
is opposite angle B, etc. </li>
<li> Use angles A and B only.</li>
<li> Let the bisector of angle A meet side a in point A1, and let the
distance of A1 from B be designated BA1</li>
<li> Using the sine rule, one gets: BA1/c = a/(b+c), that is
BA1 = c * a/(b+c).</li>
<li> Now do the same for side b, and determine equivalent point B1.
CB1/a = b/(b+c), that is  CB1 = a * b/(b+c).</li>
<li> We can now find the intersection of the line from point A to point A1,
and the line from point B to point B1. We have four points, so we use the
mathspic internal [[intersection4points]] subroutine to return the
coordinates of the intersection X<sub>i</sub>, Y<sub>i</sub>.</li>
<li> Now get the radius: R=(area of triangle)/(a+b+c)/2</li>
<li>Finally, return the radius and the coordinates of the center.
</ul>

<<subroutine <tt>IncircleCenter</tt> >>=
  sub IncircleCenter {
     my ($Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy) = @_;
     my ($sideA, $sideB, $sideC);
     my ($ba1, $xA1, $yA1, $cb1, $ac1, $xB1, $yB1, $xC1, $yC1, $a, $s, $r);

     #determine the lengths of the sides
     $sideA = Length($Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy);
     $sideB = Length($Cx, $Cy, $Ax, $Ay);
     $sideC = Length($Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By);
     #
     $ba1 = ($sideC * $sideA) / ($sideB + $sideC);
     ($xA1, $yA1) = pointOnLine($Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy, $ba1);
     $cb1 = ($sideA * $sideB) / ($sideC + $sideA);
     ($xB1, $yB1) = pointOnLine($Cx, $Cy, $Ax, $Ay, $cb1);
     $ac1 = ($sideB * $sideC) / ($sideA + $sideB);
     ($xC1, $yC1) = pointOnLine($Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By, $ac1);
     ($xcenter, $ycenter) = &intersection4points($Ax, $Ay, $xA1, $yA1,
                                                 $Bx, $By, $xB1, $yB1);
     # get radius
     $a = &triangleArea($Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy);
     $s = ($sideA + $sideB +$sideC) / 2;
     $r = $a / $s;
     return ($xcenter, $ycenter, $r);
  }

@ The subroutine [[Angle]] takes six arguments which correspond to the
coordinates of three points that define an angle. The subroutine computes
the opening of the angle in degrees. In case there is an error it returns
the number -500. ****EXPLAIN THE ALGORITHM****

<<subroutine <tt>Angle</tt> >>=
  sub Angle {
    my ($Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy) = @_;
    my ($RAx, $RAy, $RBx, $RBy, $RCx, $RCy, $deltax, $deltay);
    my ($lineBA, $lineBC, $lineAC, $k, $kk, $angle);
    my ($T, $cosT, $sinT) = (0.3, cos(0.3), sin(0.3));

    $RAx = $Ax * $cosT + $Ay * $sinT;
    $RAy = -$Ax * $sinT + $Ay * $cosT;
    $RBx = $Bx * $cosT + $By * $sinT;
    $RBy = -$Bx * $sinT + $By * $cosT;
    $RCx = $Cx * $cosT + $Cy * $sinT;
    $RCy = -$Cx * $sinT + $Cy * $cosT;
    $deltax = $RBx - $RAx;
    $deltay = $RBy - $RAy;
    $lineBA = sqrt($deltax*$deltax + $deltay*$deltay);
    if ($lineBA < 0.0000001)
    {
       return -500;
    }
    $deltax = $RBx - $RCx;
    $deltay = $RBy - $RCy;
    $lineBC = sqrt($deltax*$deltax + $deltay*$deltay);
    if ($lineBC < 0.0000001)
    {
       return -500;
    }
    $deltax = $RAx - $RCx;
    $deltay = $RAy - $RCy;
    $lineAC = sqrt($deltax*$deltax + $deltay*$deltay);
    if ($lineAC < 0.0000001)
    {
       return -500;
    }
    $k = ($lineBA*$lineBA + $lineBC*$lineBC - $lineAC*$lineAC ) /
         (2 * $lineBA * $lineBC);
    $k = -1 if $k < -0.99999;
    $k = 1 if $k > 0.99999;
    $kk = $k * $k;
    if (($kk * $kk) == 1)
    {
       $angle = PI if $k == -1;
       $angle = 0 if $k == 1;
    }
    else
    {
       $angle = (PI / 2) - atan2($k / sqrt(1 - $kk),1);
    }
    return $angle * 180 / PI;
  }

@ The subroutine [[excircle]] computes the center and the radius of a circle that
externally touches  a given side (4th and 5th arguments) of triangle (determined
by the 1rst, the 2nd and   3rd argument). Here are the details:
<ul>
<li> Let the triangle points be A, B, C, and the given side be BC.</li>
<li> Now calculate the radius of Excircle = (triangle area)/(s - side length),
where s = (a+b+c)/2</li>
<li>Calculate the distance from the angle (A) (opposite the given side BC)
 to  the excircle center = radius/sin(A/2)</li>
<li> Now determine the the Excircle center by locating it on the angle bisector
(i.e., same line that the IncircleCenter is on), but at distance d further
away from angle A. So, we now have the Incircle center (I),
 determine deltaX and deltaY from I to A, calculate the distance AI,
 and then extend the line from I by distance d to Excenter Xc, Yc.</li>
</ul>

<<subroutine <tt>excircle</tt> >>=
  sub excircle {
    my ($A, $B, $C, $D, $E) = @_;
    my ($Ax,$Ay,$Bx,$By,$Dx,$Dy,$Ex,$Ey,$ASVA,$ASA);
    ($Ax,$Ay,$ASVA,$ASA)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$A});
    ($Bx,$By,$ASVA,$ASA)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$B});
    ($Cx,$Cy,$ASVA,$ASA)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$C});
    ($Dx,$Dy,$ASVA,$ASA)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$D});
    ($Ex,$Ey,$ASVA,$ASA)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$E});
    my ($sideA, $sideB, $sideC, $s, $R, $theAdeg, $d);
    my ($Xmypoint, $Ymypoint, $deltax, $deltay, $mylength, $xc, $yc);

    $sideA = &Length($Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy);
    $sideB = &Length($Cx, $Cy, $Ax, $Ay);
    $sideC = &Length($Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By);
    $s = ($sideA + $sideB + $sideC) / 2;
    $R = triangleArea($Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy) /
         ($s - &Length($Dx, $Dy, $Ex, $Ey));
    if (($D eq $A && $E eq $B) || ($D eq $B && $E eq $A))
    {
      $theAdeg = &Angle($Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy, $Ax, $Ay);
      $Xmypoint = $Cx;
      $Ymypoint = $Cy;
    }
    elsif (($D eq $B && $E eq $C) || ($D eq $C && $E eq $B))
    {
      $theAdeg = &Angle($Cx, $Cy, $Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By);
      $Xmypoint = $Ax;
      $Ymypoint = $Ay;
    }
    elsif (($D eq $C && $E eq $A) || ($D eq $A && $E eq $C))
    {
      $theAdeg = &Angle($Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy);
      $Xmypoint = $Bx;
      $Ymypoint = $By;
    }
    else
    {
       return (0,0,0);
    }
    $d = $R  / sin($theAdeg * PI / 180 / 2);
    my ($xIn, $yIn, $rin) = &IncircleCenter($Ax, $Ay, $Bx, $By, $Cx, $Cy);
    $deltax = $xIn - $Xmypoint;
    $deltay = $yIn - $Ymypoint;
    $mylength = sqrt($deltax*$deltax + $deltay*$deltay);
    $xc = $Xmypoint + $d * $deltax / $mylength;
    $yc = $Ymypoint + $d * $deltay / $mylength;
    return ($xc, $yc, $R);
  }

@ The [[DrawLineOrArrow]] subroutine is used to parse the arguments of the commands
[[drawline]], [[drawthickline]], [[drawarrow]], [[drawthickarrow]] and 
[[drawCurve]]. In general, these commands have as arguments a list of points separated by
commas that are used to draw a set of lines. The list of points is
enclosed in parentheses. Here we give only the syntax of the [[drawline]]
comma, as the syntax of the other commands is identical: 
<pre>
   drawline ::= "drawline"  "(" Points { "," Points } ")"
   Points ::= Point { separator Point}
   separator ::= blank | empty
</pre>
In the following code we
scan a list of points (possibly separated by blanks) and we stop when
we encounter either a comma or some other character. In case we have found
a comma, we check whether we have a [[drawline]] command and if this is
the case we plot the list of points. We continue with the next list of points,
until there are no more points. The inner while-loop is used to control the
consumption of point tokens and the external to reset the array [[PP]] which
holds the point names.

<<subroutine <tt>DrawLineOrArrow</tt> >>=
   sub DrawLineOrArrow {      
     my $draw_Line = shift;
     my $lc = shift;
     my $lineLength = -1;
     my $stacklen = 0;
     my @PP = ();
#     if ($draw_Line != 2) {
#       s/\s*//;
#       if (s/^\[\s*//) { # optional length specifier 
#         $lineLength = expr($lc);
#         if ($lineLength <= 0) {
#           PrintErrorMessage("length must greater than zero",$lc);
#           $lineLength = -1;
#         } 
#         chk_rsb("optional part",$lc);
#       }
#     } 
     chk_lparen("$cmd",$lc);
     DRAWLINES:while(1) {
       @PP = () ;
       while(1) {
         if (s/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})\s*//i) { #point name
           $P = $1;
           if (!exists($PointTable{lc($P)})) {
             PrintErrorMessage("Undefined point $P",$lc);
           }
           else {
             push (@PP,$P);
           }
         }
         else {
           $stacklen = @PP;
           if ($draw_Line != 2) {
             if ($stacklen <= 1) {
               PrintErrorMessage("Wrong number of points",$lc);
             }
             else {
               push(@PP,$lc);
               if ($draw_Line == 0) {
                 drawarrows(@PP); 
               }
               elsif ($draw_Line == 1) {
                 drawlines(@PP); 
               }
             }
           }
           if (s/^,\s*// and $draw_Line != 2) {
             next DRAWLINES;
           }
           else {
             last DRAWLINES;
           }
         }
       }
     }
     if ($draw_Line == 2) {
       $stacklen =  @PP;
       if ($stacklen < 2) {
         PrintErrorMessage("Wrong number of points",$lc);
       }
       elsif ($stacklen % 2 == 0) {
         PrintErrorMessage("Number of points must be odd",$lc);
       }
       else {
         drawCurve(@PP);        
       }
     }
     chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
     chk_comment($lc);
   }

@ The subroutine [[drawarrows]] is used to draw  one or more lines. The subroutine
accepts as argument an array which contains the names of the points which
define the lines, plus the current program line number. Each arrow is printed
using the following code:
<center>
<tt>\arrow < </tt>ArrowLength <tt> mm> [</tt> beta <tt>,</tt> gamma <tt>] from 
x1 y1 to x2 y2 </tt>       
</center>
where beta is equal to tan([[$arrowAngleB]] * [[d2r]] /2) and gamma is equal to
2*tan([[$arrowAngleC]] * [[d2r]] / 2). 

<<subroutine <tt>drawarrows</tt> >>=
  sub drawarrows {
    my ($NoArgs);
    $NoArgs = @_;
    my ($lc) = $_[$NoArgs-1]; #line number is the last argument
    my ($NumberOfPoints, $p, $q, $r12, $d12);
    my ($px,$py,$pSV,$pS, $qx,$qy,$qSV,$qS);

    $NumberOfPoints = $NoArgs - 1;
    LOOP: for(my $i=0; $i < $NumberOfPoints - 1; $i++)
    {
       $p = $_[$i];
       $q = $_[$i+1];
       ($px,$py,$pSV,$pS) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($p)});
       ($qx,$qy,$qSV,$qS) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($q)});
       $pSV = $defaultLFradius if $pSV == 0;
       $qSV = $defaultLFradius if $qSV == 0;
       $r12 = $pSV + $qSV;
       $d12 = Length($px,$py,$qx,$qy);
       if ($d12 <= $r12)
       {
          if($d12 == 0)
          {
             PrintErrorMessage("points $p and $q are the same", $lc);
             next LOOP;
          }
          PrintWarningMessage("arrow $p$q not drawn: points too close or ".
                                "radii too big", $lc);
          next LOOP;
       }
       ($px, $py) = pointOnLine($px, $py, $qx, $qy, $pSV) if $pSV > 0;
       ($qx, $qy) = pointOnLine($qx, $qy, $px, $py, $qSV) if $qSV > 0;
       my ($beta, $gamma);
       $beta  = tan($arrowAngleB * D2R / 2);
       $gamma = 2 * tan($arrowAngleC * D2R / 2);
       printf OUT "\\arrow <%.5f%s> [%.5f,%.5f] from %.5f %.5f to %.5f %.5f\n",
              $arrowLength, $arrowLengthUnits, $beta, $gamma, $px, $py, $qx, $qy;
    }
  }

@ The subroutine [[drawlines]] is used to draw  one or more lines. The subroutine
accepts as argument an array which contains the names of the points which
define the lines, plus the current program line number. If there are only
two points (i.e., only one line), then we output the following PiCTeX code:
<center>
<tt> \plot x1 y1  x2 y2 / %% pointname1 pointname2</tt>
</center>
If there are more than two points, then we need to write the PiCTeX code in
pairs with two points on each line (just to keep things simple) as follows:
<center>
<tt> \plot x1 y1  x2 y2 / %% pointname1 pointname2</tt>
<tt> \plot x2 y2  x3 y3 / %% pointname2 pointname3</tt>
<tt> \plot x3 y3  x4 y4 / %% pointname3 pointname4</tt>
</center>
An important part of the subroutine is devoted to checking whether either
or both of the pairs of points are associated with a line-free zone, and if
so, then we must take care not to draw the line inside the line-free zone. If
a point does have a line-free zone, then we use the [[pointOnLine]]
subroutine to determine the point on the line which is just on the line-free
boundary, and draw the line to the that point instead of to the exact
point-location.

<<subroutine <tt>drawlines</tt> >>=
  sub drawlines {
    my ($NoArgs);
    $NoArgs = @_;
    my ($lc) = $_[$NoArgs-1]; #line number is the last argument
    my ($NumberOfPoints, $p, $q, $r12, $d12);
    my ($px,$py,$pSV,$pS, $qx,$qy,$qSV,$qS);

    $NumberOfPoints = $NoArgs - 1;
    LOOP: for(my $i=0; $i < $NumberOfPoints - 1; $i++)
    {
       $p = $_[$i];
       $q = $_[$i+1];
       ($px,$py,$pSV,$pS) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($p)});
       ($qx,$qy,$qSV,$qS) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($q)});
       $pSV = $defaultLFradius if $pSV == 0;
       $qSV = $defaultLFradius if $qSV == 0;
       $r12 = $pSV + $qSV;
       $d12 = Length($px,$py,$qx,$qy);
       if ($d12 <= $r12)
       {
          if($d12 == 0)
          {
             PrintErrorMessage("points $p and $q are the same", $lc);
             next LOOP;
          }
          PrintWarningMessage("line $p$q not drawn: points too close or ".
                                "radii too big", $lc);
          next LOOP;
       }
       ($px, $py) = pointOnLine($px, $py, $qx, $qy, $pSV) if $pSV > 0;
       ($qx, $qy) = pointOnLine($qx, $qy, $px, $py, $qSV) if $qSV > 0;
       if ($px == $qx || $py == $qy)
       {
          printf OUT "\\putrule from %.5f %.5f to %.5f %.5f %%%% %s%s\n",
                     $px,$py,$qx,$qy,$p,$q;
       }
       else
       {
          printf OUT "\\plot %.5f %.5f\t%.5f %.5f / %%%% %s%s\n",
                     $px, $py,$qx,$qy,$p,$q;
       }
    }
  }

@ The subroutine [[drawCurve]] is used to draw a curve that passes through an odd
number of points. The subroutine has as argument an array which contains the names of the 
points which define the lines plus the current program line number. The subroutine
emits code that has the following general form:
<pre>
       \setquadratic
       \plot
         X1 Y1
         X2 Y2
         X3 Y3
       \setlinear
</pre> 


<<subroutine <tt>drawCurve</tt> >>=
  sub drawCurve {
    my ($NoArgs);
    $NoArgs = @_;
    my ($lc) = $_[$NoArgs-1]; #line number is the last argument
    my ($NumberOfPoints, $p);

    $NumberOfPoints = $NoArgs - 1;
    print OUT "\\setquadratic\n\\plot\n";
    for(my $i=0; $i <= $NumberOfPoints; $i++)
    {
       $p = $_[$i];
       my ($px,$py,$pSV,$pS) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($p)});
       printf OUT "\t%0.5f  %0.5f", $px, $py;
       print OUT (($i == $NumberOfPoints) ? " / %$p\n" : " %$p\n");  
    }
    print OUT "\\setlinear\n";
  }

@ The subroutine [[drawpoints]] is used to draw  one or more points. The subroutine
has as arguments a list of points. For each point we produce code that has
the following general form:
<center>
<tt> \put {SYMBOL} at Px PY</tt>
</center>
where [[SYMBOL]] is either the default plot symbol, i.e., [[$\bullet$]],
whatever the user has set with the [[PointSymbol]] command, or the plot
symbol specified in the definition of the point.

<<subroutine <tt>drawpoints</tt> >>=
  sub drawpoints {
    my ($NumberOfPoints,$p);
    $NumberOfPoints = @_;
    my ($px,$py,$pSV,$pS);

    for($i=0; $i < $NumberOfPoints; $i++)
    {
       $p = $_[$i];
       ($px,$py,$pSV,$pS) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($p)});
       if ($pS eq "" and $defaultsymbol =~ /circle|square/) {
         $pS = $defaultsymbol;
       }
       POINTSWITCH: {
         if ($pS eq "") # no plot symbol specified
         {
           printf OUT "\\put {%s} at %.5f %.5f %%%% %s\n",
                      $defaultsymbol, $px, $py, $p;
           last POINTSWITCH;
         }
         if ($pS eq "circle") # plot symbol is a circle
         { 
           my $radius = (defined($DimOfPoint{lc($p)})) ? $DimOfPoint{lc($p)} : 
                         $GlobalDimOfPoints; 
           if ($radius > 0) # draw a circle using the current units
           {
              if ($radius == 1.5) # use \bigcirc
              {
                printf OUT "\\put {\$\\bigcirc\$} at %.5f %.5f  %%%% %s\n",
                           $px, $py, $p;
              }
              else
              {
                printf OUT "\\circulararc 360 degrees from %.5f %.5f center at %.5f %.5f %%%% %s\n",
                           $px+$radius, $py, $px, $py, $p;
              }
           }
           else #use \circ symbol
           {
             printf OUT "\\put {\$\\circ\$} at %.5f %.5f %%%% %s\n",
                         $px,$py,$p;
           }
           last POINTSWITCH;
         }
         if ($pS eq "square")
         {
           my $side = (defined($DimOfPoint{lc($p)})) ? $DimOfPoint{lc($p)} : 
                         $GlobalDimOfPoints;
           printf OUT "\\put {%s} at %.5f %.5f %%%% %s\n",
                         drawsquare($side), $px, $py, $p;
           last POINTSWITCH;
         }
         printf OUT "\\put {%s} at %.5f %.5f %%%% %s\n", $pS,$px,$py,$p;
       }
    }
  }

@ The subroutine [[drawAngleArc]] gets six arguments which correspond to
three points defining an angle (variables [[$P1]], [[$P2]] and [[$P3]]),
the radius, the internal/external specification and the direction
specification (clockwise or anticlockwise).
Depending on the values of these arguments, the subroutine
returns the corresponding PiCTeX code, the general format of
which is <pre>
     \circulararc Angle degrees from x y center at x2 y2
</pre>
where [[Angle]] is the angle that the three points P1 P2 P3 define
(computed by subroutine [[Angle]]),
and [[x]] and [[y]] are the coordinates of a point
residing on line P2P1 at distance equal to a [[$radius]] from
point [[$P2]]; and [[x2]], [[y2]] are the coordinates of the
center of the circle about which the arc is drawn,
i.e., point [[$P2]].

<<subroutine <tt>drawAngleArc</tt> >>=
sub drawAngleArc {
  my ($P1, $P2, $P3, $radius, $inout, $direction) = @_;
  my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P1});
  my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P2});
  my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P3});

  my $internalAngle = Angle($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3);
  my $externalAngle = 360 - $internalAngle;
  my ($x, $y) = pointOnLine($x2, $y2, $x1, $y1, $radius);
  my $code = "";
  if ($inout eq "internal" and $direction eq "clockwise" ) {
     $code = sprintf "\\circulararc %.5f degrees from %.5f %.5f center at %.5f %.5f\n",
             -1 * $internalAngle, $x, $y, $x2, $y2;
  }
  elsif ($inout eq "internal" and $direction eq "anticlockwise" ) {
     $code = sprintf "\\circulararc %.5f degrees from %.5f %.5f center at %.5f %.5f\n",
             $internalAngle, $x, $y, $x2, $y2;
  }
  elsif ($inout eq "external" and $direction eq "clockwise" ) {
     $code = sprintf "\\circulararc %.5f degrees from %.5f %.5f center at %.5f %.5f\n",
             -1 * $externalAngle, $x, $y, $x2, $y2;
  }
  elsif ($inout eq "external" and $direction eq "anticlockwise" ) {
     $code = sprintf "\\circulararc %.5f degrees from %.5f %.5f center at %.5f %.5f\n",
             $externalAngle, $x, $y, $x2, $y2;
  }
  return $code;
}

@ The subroutine [[drawAngleArrow]] gets six arguments which correspond to
three points defining an angle (variables [[$P1]], [[$P2]] and [[$P3]]),
the radius, the internal/external specification and the direction
specification. The subroutine mainly draws the arrowhead, and
calls the subroutine [[drawAngleArc]] to draw the
arc part of the arrow.

<<subroutine <tt>drawAngleArrow</tt> >>=
sub drawAngleArrow {
   my ($P1, $P2, $P3, $radius, $inout, $direction) = @_;
   my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P1});
   my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P2});
   my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P3});

   my $code = drawAngleArc($P1, $P2, $P3, $radius, $inout, $direction);

   my ($xqp, $yqp) = pointOnLine($x2, $y2, $x1, $y1, $radius);
   my ($deltax, $deltay) = ($x1 - $x2, $y1 - $y2);
   my $AL;

   if ($xunits =~ /mm/) {
     $AL = 1;
   }
   elsif ($xunits =~ /cm/) {
     $AL = 0.1;
   }
   elsif ($xunits =~ /pt/) {
     $AL = 2.845;
   }
   elsif ($xunits =~ /bp/) {
     $AL = 2.835;
   }
   elsif ($xunits =~ /pc/) {
     $AL = 0.2371;
   }
   elsif ($xunits =~ /in/) {
     $AL = 0.03937;
   }
   elsif ($xunits =~ /dd/) {
     $AL = 2.659;
   }
   elsif ($xunits =~ /cc/) {
     $AL = 0.2216;
   }
   elsif ($xunits =~ /sp/) {
     $AL = 186467.98;
   }
   my $halfAL = $AL / 2;
   my $d = sqrt($radius * $radius - $halfAL * $halfAL);
   my $alpha = atan2($d / $halfAL, 1) * R2D;
   my $beta = 2 * (90 - $alpha);
   my $thetaqr;
   if (abs($deltay) < 0.00001) {
     if ($deltax > 0 ) {$thetaqr = 0 }
     elsif ($deltax < 0) {$thetaqr = -180}
   }
   else {
     if (abs($deltax) < 0.00001) {
        $thetaqr = 90;
     }
     else {
       $thetaqr = atan2($deltay / $deltax, 1) * R2D;
     }
   }
   my ($xqr, $yqr) = pointOnLine($x2, $y2, $x3, $y3, $radius);
   $deltax = $x3 - $x2;
   $deltay = $y3 - $y2;
   $alpha = atan2(sqrt($radius * $radius - $halfAL * $halfAL) / $halfAL, 1) /
            D2R;
   $beta = 2 * (90 - $alpha);
   LINE2 : {
     if (abs($deltax) < 0.00001) {
       if ($deltay > 0) { $thetaqr = 90 }
       elsif ($deltay < 0) { $thetaqr = - 90 }
       last LINE2;
     }
     else {
       $thetaqr = atan2($deltay / $deltax, 1) * R2D;
     }
     if (abs($deltay) < 0.00001) {
       if ($deltax > 0)    { $thetaqr = 0 }
       elsif ($deltax < 0) { $thetaqr = -180 }
       last LINE2;
     }
     else {
       $thetaqr = atan2($deltay / $deltax, 1) * R2D;
     }
     if ($deltax < 0 and $deltay > 0) { $thetaqr += 180 }
     elsif ($deltax < 0 and $deltay < 0) { $thetaqr += 180 }
     elsif ($deltax > 0 and $deltay < 0) { $thetaqr += 360 }
   }
   my $xqrleft  = $x2 + $radius * cos(($thetaqr + $beta) * D2R);
   my $yqrleft  = $y2 + $radius * sin(($thetaqr + $beta) * D2R);
   my $xqrright = $x2 + $radius * cos(($thetaqr - $beta) * D2R);
   my $yqrright = $y2 + $radius * sin(($thetaqr - $beta) * D2R);
   if ($inout eq "internal" and $direction eq "clockwise") {
     $code .= sprintf "\\arrow <1.5mm> [0.5, 1] from %.5f %.5f to %.5f %.5f\n",
              $xqrleft, $yqrleft, $xqr, $yqr;
   }
   elsif ($inout eq "internal" and $direction eq "anticlockwise") {
     $code .= sprintf "\\arrow <1.5mm> [0.5, 1] from %.5f %.5f to %.5f %.5f\n",
              $xqrright, $yqrright, $xqr, $yqr;
   }
   elsif ($inout eq "external" and $direction eq "clockwise") {
     $code .= sprintf "\\arrow <1.5mm> [0.5, 1] from %.5f %.5f to %.5f %.5f\n",
              $xqrleft, $yqrleft, $xqr, $yqr;
   }
   elsif ($inout eq "external" and $direction eq "anticlockwise") {
     $code .= sprintf "\\arrow <1.5mm> [0.5, 1] from %.5f %.5f to %.5f %.5f\n",
              $xqrright, $yqrright, $xqr, $yqr;
   }
   return $code;
}

@ The subroutine [[expr]] is used to parse an expression. We are using a
recursive descent parser to parse and evaluate an expression. The
general syntax of an expression is as follows:
<pre>
expr      ::= term { addop term }
addop     ::= "+" | "-"
term      ::= factor { mulop factor }
mulop     ::= "*" | "/" | "rem"
factor    ::= primitive [ ** factor ]
primitive ::= [ "+" | "-"] primitive   | number               | variable                 |
              pair-of-points           | "(" expr ")"         | 
              "sin (" expr ")"         | "cos (" expr ")"     | "area (" ThreePoints ")" |
              "tan (" expr ")"         | "exp (" expr ")"     | "int" "(" expr ")"       | 
              "log (" expr ")"         | "atan (" expr ")"    | "sgn" "(" expr ")"       |
              "sqrt (" expr ")"        | "acos (" expr ")"    | "asin (" expr ")"        |
              "atan (" expr ")"        | "_pi_"               | "_e_"                    |
              "xcoord (" point ")"     | "ycoord (" point ")" | "angle "(" ThreePoints ")"|
              "angledeg" "(" ThreePoints ")" | "direction" "(" TwoPoints ")" |
              "directiondeg" "(" TwoPoints ")"  | "_linethickness_"
</pre>
Note that [[_pi_]] and [[_e_]] can be used to access the value of the constants
Pi and e.

<<subroutine <tt>expr</tt> >>=
sub expr {
  my $lc = $_[0];
  my($left,$op,$right);

  $left = term($lc);
  while ($op = addop()) {
    $right = term($lc);
    if ($op eq '+')
      { $left += $right }
    else
      { $left -= $right }
  }
  return $left;
}

sub addop {
  s/^([+-])// && $1;
}

sub term {
  my $lc = $_[0];
  my ($left, $op, $right);
  $left = factor($lc);
  while ($op = mulop()) {
    $right = factor($lc);
    if ($op eq '*')
      { $left *= $right }
    elsif ($op =~ /rem/i) {
      eval {$left %= $right};
      PrintFatalError("Division by zero", $lc) if $@;
    }
    else {
      eval {$left /= $right};
      PrintFatalError("Division by zero", $lc) if $@;
    }
  }
  return $left;
}

sub mulop {
  (s#^([*/])## || s/^(rem)//i) && lc($1);
}

sub factor {
  my $lc = $_[0];
  my ($left);

  $left = primitive($lc);
  if (s/^\*\*//) {
    $left **= factor($lc);
  }
  return $left;
}

sub primitive {
  my $lc = $_[0];
  my $val;
  s/\s*//;
  if (s/^\(//) {  #is it an expr in parentheses
    $val = expr($lc);
    s/^\)// || PrintErrorMessage("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^-//) { # is it a negated primitive
     $val = - primitive();
  }
  elsif (s/^\+//) { # is it a positive primitive
     $val = primitive();
  }
  elsif (s/^angledeg//i) {
     chk_lparen("angledeg",$lc);
     my $point_1 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_1});
     my $point_2 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_2});
     my $point_3 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_3});
     my $d12 = Length($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2);
     my $d23 = Length($x2, $y2, $x3, $y3);
     my $d31 = Length($x3, $y3, $x1, $y1);
     if ( $d12 == 0 ) {
       PrintErrorMessage("points `$point_1' and `$point_2' are the same", $lc);
       $val = 0;
     }
     elsif ( $d23 == 0 ) {
       PrintErrorMessage("points `$point_2' and `$point_3' are the same", $lc);
       $val = 0;
     }
     elsif ( $d31 == 0 ) {
       PrintErrorMessage("points `$point_1' and `$point_3' are the same", $lc);
       $val = 0;
     }
     else {  
       $val = Angle($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3);
       $val = 0 if $val == -500;
     }
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^angle//i) {
     chk_lparen("angle",$lc);
     my $point_1 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_1});
     my $point_2 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_2});
     my $point_3 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_3});
     my $d12 = Length($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2);
     my $d23 = Length($x2, $y2, $x3, $y3);
     my $d31 = Length($x3, $y3, $x1, $y1);
     if ( $d12 == 0 ) {
       PrintErrorMessage("points `$point_1' and `$point_2' are the same", $lc);
       $val = 0;
     }
     elsif ( $d23 == 0 ) {
       PrintErrorMessage("points `$point_2' and `$point_3' are the same", $lc);
       $val = 0;
     }
     elsif ( $d31 == 0 ) {
       PrintErrorMessage("points `$point_1' and `$point_3' are the same", $lc);
       $val = 0;
     }
     else {
       $val =  Angle($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3);
       if ($val == -500) {
         $val = 0;
       }
       else {
         $val = D2R * $val;
       }
     }
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^area//i) {
     chk_lparen("angledeg",$lc);
     my $point_1 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_1});
     my $point_2 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_2});
     my $point_3 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_3});
     $val = triangleArea($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^asin//i) {
     chk_lparen("asin");
     $val = expr();
     PrintFatalError("Can't take asin of $val", $lc) if $val < -1 || $val > 1;
     $val = asin($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^acos//i) {
     chk_lparen("acos");
     $val = expr();
     PrintFatalError("Can't take acos of $val", $lc) if $val < -1 || $val > 1 ;
     $val = acos($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^atan//i) {
     chk_lparen("atan");
     $val = expr();
     $val = atan($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^cos//i) {
     chk_lparen("cos");
     $val = expr();
     $val = cos($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^directiondeg//i) {
     chk_lparen("directiondeg",$lc);
     my $point_1 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_1});
     my $point_2 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_2});
     my $x3 = $x1+1;
     if ( ($y2 - $y1) >= 0) {
       $val = Angle($x3, $y1, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2);
       $val = 0 if $val == -500;
     }
     else {
       $val = 360 - Angle($x3, $y1, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2);
       $val = 0 if $val == -500;  
     }
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^direction//i) {
     chk_lparen("direction",$lc);
     my $point_1 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_1});
     my $point_2 = get_point($lc);
     my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_2});
     my $x3 = $x1+1;
     if ( ($y2 - $y1) >= 0) {
       $val = Angle($x3, $y1, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2);
       $val = 0 if $val == -500;
       $val = D2R * $val;
     }
     else {
       $val = 360 - Angle($x3, $y1, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2);
       $val = 0 if $val == -500;
       $val = D2R * $val;  
     }
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^exp//i) {
     chk_lparen("exp");
     $val = expr();
     $val = exp($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^int//i) {
     chk_lparen("int");
     $val = expr();
     $val = int($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^log//i) {
     chk_lparen("log");
     $val = expr();
     PrintFatalError("Can't take log of $val", $lc) if $val <= 0;
     $val = log($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^sin//i) {
     chk_lparen("sin");
     $val = expr();
     $val = sin($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^sgn//i) {
     chk_lparen("sgn");
     $val = expr();
     if ($val > 0) { 
       $val = 1;
     }
     elsif ($val == 0) {
       $val = 0;
     }
     else {
       $val = -1;
     }
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^sqrt//i) {
     chk_lparen("sqrt");
     $val = expr();
     $val = sqrt($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^tan//i) {
     chk_lparen("tan");
     $val = expr();
     $val = sin($val)/cos($val);
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^xcoord//i) {
     chk_lparen("xcoord");
     my $point_name = get_point;
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_name});
     $val = $x1;
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^ycoord//i) {
     chk_lparen("ycoord");
     my $point_name = get_point;
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_name});
     $val = $y1;
     chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^_pi_//i) {
     $val = PI;
  }
  elsif (s/^_e_//i) {
     $val = 2.71828182845905;
  }
  elsif (s/^_linethickness_//i) {
     $val = $LineThickness / $xunits;
  }
  else  {
    my $err_code;
    ($val,$err_code) = ComputeDist($lc);
  }
  s/\s*//;
  return $val;
}

@ The subroutine [[memberOf]] is used to check whether a string is part of
a list of strings. We assume that the first argument is the string in
question. We compare each list element against the string in question and
if we find it we stop and return the value [[1]] (denoting truth). Otherwise,
we simply return the value [[0]] (denoting false).

<<subroutine <tt>memberOf</tt> >>=
sub memberOf {
   my $elem = shift(@_);

   my $found = 0;
   foreach $item (@_){
       if ($item eq $elem){
          $found = 1;
          last;
       }
   }
   return $found;
}

@ The subroutine [[midpoint]] computes the coordinates of the midpoint of two points
by means of the simple formula:
<center>
m<sub>x</sub>=x<sub>1</sub>+(y<sub>2</sub> - y<sub>1</sub>)/2 <br>
m<sub>y</sub>=y<sub>1</sub>+(x<sub>2</sub> - x<sub>1</sub>)/2
</center>

<<subroutine <tt>midpoint</tt> >>=
sub midpoint {
  my ($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2)=@_;
  return ($x1 + ($x2 - $x1)/2, 
          $y1 + ($y2 - $y1)/2);
}


@ The subroutine [[tand]] computes the tangent of an angle. The angle is
supposed to be in degrees. We simply transform it into radians and then
compute the actual result.

<<subroutine <tt>tand</tt> >>=
sub tand {
  my $d = $_[0];
  $d = $d * PI / 180;
  return sin($d)/cos($d);
}

@ The subroutine [[get_string]] is used to extract a leading  valid mathspic string
from the input line. A string must start with a quotation mark, i.e., [["]],
and must end with the same symbol. A string may contain quotation marks which
must be escaped with a backslash, i.e., [[\]]. Initially, we remove all
leading white space. If the next character of the string is not a quotation
mark we print an error message and stop. Otherwise, we split the string into
an array of characters and store the characters up to the next quotation
mark to the array [[@cmd]]. In case the next character is a backslash and
we aren't at the end of the input string and the next character is a
quotation mark, we have an escape sequence. This means that we store these
two characters in the [[@cmd]] array and skip to characters after the quotation
mark. Otherwise, we simply store the character in the [[@cmd]] array and
skip to the next character. This process is repeated until either we consume
all the characters of the string or until we find a sole quotation mark.
Since we are not sure what has forced the loop to exit, we check whether
there are still characters in the input string and we check whether this
is a quotation mark. If these tests fail we have a string without a
closing quotation mark. In all cases we return a triplet consisting of
a number denoting success (1) or failure (0) and what we have consumed
from the input string, and what is left from the input string.

<<subroutine <tt>get_string</tt> >>=
sub get_string {
  my $string = shift;
  my $lc = shift;

  $string =~ s/^\s+//;
  if ($string !~ s/^\"//) {
    PrintErrorMessage("No starting \" found",$lc);
    return (1,$string,$string);
  }
  my @ch = split //,$string;
  my @cmd;
  while (@ch and $ch[0] ne "\"") {
    if ($ch[0] eq "\\" and (defined $ch[1]) and $ch[1] eq "\"") {
       shift @ch;
       push @cmd, $ch[0];
       shift @ch;
    }
    else {
      push @cmd, $ch[0];
      shift @ch;
    }
  }
  if (! defined $ch[0]) {
     PrintErrorMessage("No closing \" found",$lc);
     return (1,join("",@cmd), join("",@ch))
  }
  else {
    shift @ch;
    return (0, join("",@cmd), join("",@ch))
  }
}

@ The definition as well as an explanation of the functionality of the
following subroutine can be found in "Programming Perl", 3rd edition.

<<subroutine <tt>is_tainted</tt> >>=
sub is_tainted {
  my $arg = shift;
  my $nada = substr($arg,0,0);
  local $@;
  eval { eval "# $nada"};
  return length($@) != 0;
}

@ The subroutine [[noOfDigits]] has one argument which is a number and returns
the number of decimal digits it has. If the number matches the regular
expression [[^\d+(?!\.)]] (a series of digits <i>not</i> followed by a
period), then the number of decimal digits is zero. If the
number  matches the
regular expression [[^\d+\.(\d+)?]], then number of decimal digits equals
[[length($1)]]. Naturally, it maybe zero!

<<subroutine <tt>noOfDigits</tt> >>=
sub noOfDigits {
  my $num = $_[0];

  if ($num =~ /^[\+-]?\d+(?!\.)/) {
    return 0;
  }
  elsif ($num =~ /^[\+-]\d+\.(\d+)?/) {
    return length($1);
  }
}

@ Subroutine [[drawsquare]] is use by the [[drawpoints]] routine to plot a
point whose point symbol is a square. The subroutine has one argument, which is
equal to the radius of the point. From this argument it computes the side of
the square.

<<subroutine <tt>drawsquare</tt> >>=
sub drawsquare {
   my $s = $_[0];
   #$s *= sqrt(2);
   $s = sprintf "%.5f", $s;
   my $code = "\\setlength{\\unitlength}{$xunits}%\n";
   $code .= "\\begin{picture}($s,$s)\\put(0,0)" .
            "{\\framebox($s,$s){}}\\end{picture}";
   return $code;
}

@ Subroutine [[X2sp]] has two arguments: a number and a length unit. It returns
the length expresssed in sp units.

<<subroutine <tt>X2sp</tt> >>=
sub X2sp {
   my $LT = shift;
   my $units = shift;

   if ($units eq "pc") {
     return $LT * 786432;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "pt") {
     return $LT * 65536;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "in") {
     return $LT * 4736286.72;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "bp") {
     return $LT * 65781.76;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "cm") {
     return $LT * 1864679.811023622;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "mm") {
     return $LT * 186467.981102362;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "dd") {
     return $LT * 70124.086430424;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "cc") {
     return $LT * 841489.037165082;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "sp") {
     return $LT;
   }
}


@ Subroutine [[sp2X]] has two arguments: a number that denotes a length in sp units  
  and a length unit. It returns the length expresssed in units that are specified by
  the second argument.

<<subroutine <tt>sp2X</tt> >>=
sub sp2X {
   my $LT = shift;
   my $units = shift;

   if ($units eq "pc") {
     return $LT / 786432;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "pt") {
     return $LT / 65536;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "in") {
     return $LT / 4736286.72;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "bp") {
     return $LT / 65781.76;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "cm") {
     return $LT / 1864679.811023622;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "mm") {
     return $LT / 186467.981102362;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "dd") {
     return $LT / 70124.086430424;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "cc") {
     return $LT / 841489.037165082;
   }
   elsif ($units eq "sp") {
     return $LT;
   }
}

@ Subroutine [[setLineThickness]] takes two arguments: the value of the variable
  [[$xunits]] and a string denoting the linethickness. It returns the linthickness
  expressed in the units of the [[$xunits]].  

<<subroutine <tt>setLineThickness</tt> >>=
sub setLineThickness {
  my $Xunits = shift;
  my $LT = shift;
  $Xunits =~ s/^((\+|-)?\d+(\.\d+)?([eE](\+|-)?\d+)?)//;
  my $xlength = "$1";
  $Xunits =~ s/^\s*($units)//;
  my $x_in_units = $1;
  $LT =~ s/^((\+|-)?\d+(\.\d+)?([eE](\+|-)?\d+)?)//;
  my $LTlength = "$1";
  $LT =~ s/^\s*($units)//;
  my $LT_in_units = $1;
  $LTlength = X2sp($LTlength,$LT_in_units);
  $LTlength = sp2X($LTlength,$x_in_units);
  return $LTlength;
}

@ The subroutine [[process_input]] accepts one argument which is a file handle
that corresponds to the file that the subroutine is supposed to process.
The processing cycle is fairly simple: we input one line at the time, remove
any leading space characters and the trailing new line character, and then
start the actual processing. The variable [[$INFILE]] contains the name of
the input file and the variable [[$lc]] is the local line counter. The
commands [[beginSkip]] and [[endSkip]] can be used to ignore  blocks
of code and so we need to process them here. The variable [[$no_output]]
is used as a switch to toggle from process mode to no-precess mode.
If the first token is [[beginSkip]], we set the variable [[$no_output]] to 1,
print a comment to the output file and continue with the next input line.
If the first token is [[endSkip]], we check whether we are in a no-process
mode. If this is the case, we revert to process mode; otherwise we print
an error message. Finally, depending on whether we are in process or no-process
mode we process the input text or simply printed commented out to the output
file. Note, that we don't allow nested comment blocks, as this makes really
no sense!

<<subroutine <tt>process_input</tt> >>=
  sub process_input {
    my ($INFILE,$currInFile) = @_;
    my $lc = 0;
    my $no_output = 0;
    $curr_in_file = $currInFile;
    LINE: while(<$INFILE>) {
      $lc++;
      chomp($command = $_);
      s/^\s+//;
      if (/^beginSkip\s*/i) {
        $no_output = 1;
        print OUT "%%$_" if $comments_on;
        next LINE;
      }
      elsif (/^endSkip\s*/i) {
        if ($no_output == 0) {
          PrintErrorMessage("endSkip without beginSkip",$lc);
        }
        else {
          $no_output = 0;
        }
        print OUT "%%$_" if $comments_on and !$no_output;
        next LINE;
     }
     elsif ($no_output == 1) {
       next LINE;
     }
     else {
        if (/^[^\\]/) {
          my $out_line  = mpp($command,$lc) unless /^\\/;  #call macro pre-processor
          $_ = "$out_line\n";
        }
       <<process input line>>
     }
   }
 }

@ Each command line starts with a particular <i>token</i> and depending on
which one we have we perform different actions. If the first character
is [[%]] we have a comment line, and depending on the value of the variable
[[$comments_on]] we either output the comment on the output file (default
action) or just ignore it and continue with the next input line. In case the
first token is the name of a valid command we process the command and
output the corresponding code. Otherwise, we print an error message to
the screen and to the log file and continue with the next input line.
Note that the input language is case-insensitive and so one is free to write a
command name using any combination of upper and lower case
letters, e.g., the tokens [[lAtEx]],
[[LaTeX]], and [[latex]] are considered exactly the same.
The valid <i>MathsPIC</i> commands are the following (don't pay attention
to the case!):
<ul>
<li>
Commands [[drawAngleArc]] and [[drawAngleArrow]] are used to draw an arc and an
arrow, respectively. Since, their user interface is identical, we process
them as if they were identical commands.
</li>
<li>
Command [[drawcircle]] is used to draw a circle with a specified radius.
</li>
<li>
Command [[drawCircumCircle]] is used to draw the circumcircle of triangle
specified by three points.
</li>
<li>
Command [[drawexcircle]] is used to draw the excircle of triangle
relative to a given side of the triangle.
</li>
<li>
Command [[drawincircle]] is used to draw the incircle of triangle.
</li>
<li>
Command [[drawincurve]] is used to draw a curve that passes through a number of points.
</li>
<li> Command [[drawline]] is used to draw either
a line (not necessarily a straight one) or a number of lines from a list
or lists of points. The lines are specified as pairs of points that can
be separated by blank spaces.
<li> Command [[drawthickline]] is used to draw either
a thick line (not necessarily a straight one) or a number of lines from a list
or lists of points. The lines are specified as pairs of points that can
be separated by blank spaces.
</li>
<li>
Command [[drawPerpendicular]] draws a perpendicular line from point A to
line BC.
</li>
<li> Command [[drawpoint]] is used to draw one, two or more points.
The point names can be separated by blanks.
</li>
<li>
Command [[drawRightAngle]] draws an angle, specified by three points,
of a size specified by a side length.
</li>
<li>
Command [[drawsquare]] draws a square, centered at the coordinates of the
first arguments, which is assumed to be a point, with side equal to the
second argument.
</li>
<li>
Command [[inputfile*]] is used to verbatim include a file into the output
file.
</li>
<li>
Command [[inputfile]] is used to include a <i>MathsPIC</i> program file
into the main file.
</li>
<li>
Command [[linethickness]] should be used to set the thickness of lines.
</li>
<li>
The [[paper]] command sets the paper scale, size, axes, etc. The most
general format of the command follows:
<center>
<tt>paper{units(mm), xrange(0,120), yrange(0,100),axes(LRTB)}</tt>
</center>
Note, that one may opt not to write the commas between the different
parts of command.
</li>
<li>
Command [[point*]] allocates <i>new</i> co-ordinates and optionally
a T<sub>E</sub>X point-name, to an existing point-name.
Command [[point]] allocates co-ordinates and, optionally a T<sub>E</sub>X
point character, to a <i>new</i> point-name. Since, both commands have
identical syntax, we handle them together.
</li>
<li> Command [[PointSymbol]] is used to set or reset the default
point symbol, i.e., when one plots a point this is the symbol that will
appear on the final DVI/PostScript file.
</li>
<li>
In the original DOS version of <tt>mathspic</tt> the command
[[setPointNumber]] was used to set the length of the arrays that keep the
various point related information. Since, in Perl arrays are dynamic objects
and one can push as many objects as he/she wants, the command is implemented
as an no-op. For reasons of compatibility, we only check the syntax of the
command.
</li>
<li>
Commands [[showAngle]] and [[showArea]]  can be used to get
the angle or the area determined by three points. In addition, the command 
[[showLenght]] can be used to get the length between two points. These three
commands produce a comment to the output file. 
</li>
<li> The [[system]] command provides a shell escape.
</li>
<li>
The [[text]] command is used to put a symbol/text at a
particular point location.
</li>
<li>
Command [[var]] is used to store a numeric value into a comma separated
list of variables.
</li>
<li>
Command [[const]] is used to store a numeric value into a comma separated
list of variables, whose value cannot be altered.
</li>
<li>
If a line starts with a backslash, [[\]], then we copy verbatim this
line to the output file. In case the second character is a space character,
then we simply output a copy of the line without the leading backslash.
</li>
</ul>
Empty lines are always ignored.

<<process input line>>=

  if (/^\s*%/)
  {
     print OUT "$_" if $comments_on;
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(beginloop(?=\W))//i) {
    s/\s+//;
    my $times = expr($lc);
    print OUT "%% BEGINLOOP $times\n" if $comments_on;
    my @C = ();
    REPEATCOMMS: while (<$INFILE>) {
      if (/^\s*endloop/i) {
        last REPEATCOMMS;
      }
      else {
        push @C, $_;
      }
    }
    if (! /^\s*endloop/i) {
      PrintFatalError("unexpected end of file",$lc);
    }
    else {
      s/^\s*endloop//i;
      for(my $i=1; $i<=$times; $i++) {
        tie *DUMMY, 'DummyFH', \@C;
        process_input(DUMMY, $currInFile);
        untie *DUMMY;
      }
      print OUT "%% ENDLOOP\n" if $comments_on;
    }
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(ArrowShape(?=\W))//i)
  {
      my $cmd = $1;
      print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>ArrowShape</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(const(?=\W))//i)
  {
     print OUT "%% $1$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>const</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(dasharray(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>dasharray</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawAngleArc(?=\W))//i or s/^\s*(drawAngleArrow(?=\W))//i )
  {
     my $cmd = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>drawAngleArcOrArrow</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawArrow(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     DrawLineOrArrow(0,$lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawcircle(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>drawcircle</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawcurve(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     DrawLineOrArrow(2,$lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawcircumcircle(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>drawcircumcircle</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawexcircle(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>drawexcircle</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawincircle(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>drawincircle</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawline(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     DrawLineOrArrow(1,$lc);
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawthickarrow(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     print OUT "\\setplotsymbol  ({\\usefont{OT1}{cmr}{m}{n}\\large .})%\n";
     print OUT "{\\setbox1=\\hbox{\\usefont{OT1}{cmr}{m}{n}\\large .}%\n";
     print OUT " \\global\\linethickness=0.31\\wd1}%\n";
     DrawLineOrArrow(0,$lc);
     print OUT "\\setlength{\\linethickness}{0.4pt}%\n";
     print OUT "\\setplotsymbol  ({\\usefont{OT1}{cmr}{m}{n}\\tiny .})%\n";
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawthickline(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     print OUT "\\setplotsymbol  ({\\usefont{OT1}{cmr}{m}{n}\\large .})%\n";
     print OUT "{\\setbox1=\\hbox{\\usefont{OT1}{cmr}{m}{n}\\large .}%\n";
     print OUT " \\global\\linethickness=0.31\\wd1}%\n";
     DrawLineOrArrow(1,$lc);
     print OUT "\\setlength{\\linethickness}{0.4pt}%\n";
     print OUT "\\setplotsymbol  ({\\usefont{OT1}{cmr}{m}{n}\\tiny .})%\n";
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawperpendicular(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>drawPerpendicular</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawpoint(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>drawpoint</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawRightAngle(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>drawRightAngle</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(drawsquare(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>drawsquare</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*inputfile\*//i)
  {
     <<process <tt>inputfile*</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(inputfile(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>inputfile</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(linethickness(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my $cmd = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>linethickness</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(paper(?=\W))//i)
  {
     my ($cmd) = $1;
     print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>paper</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(PointSymbol(?=\W))//i)
  {
      my $cmd = $1;
      print OUT "%% $cmd$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>PointSymbol</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*point(?=\W)//i)
  {
     my ($Point_Line);
     chomp($Point_Line=$_);
     <<process <tt>point/point*</tt> commands>>
  }
  elsif (/^\s*setPointNumber(?=\W)/i)
  {
     PrintWarningMessage("Command setPointNumber is ignored",$lc);
     next LINE;
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(showAngle(?=\W))//i)
  {
     <<process <tt>showAngle</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(showArea(?=\W))//i)
  {
     <<process <tt>showArea</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(showLength(?=\W))//i)
  {
     <<process <tt>showLength</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (/^\s*showPoints(?=\W)/i)
  {
     print OUT "%%-------------------------------------------------\n";
     print OUT "%%            L I S T  O F  P O I N T S            \n";
     print OUT "%%-------------------------------------------------\n";
     foreach my $p (keys(%PointTable)) {
       my ($x, $y, $pSV, $pS) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$p});
       printf OUT "%%%%\t%s\t= ( %.5f, %.5f ), LF-radius = %.5f, symbol = %s\n",
               $p, $x, $y, $pSV, $pS;
     }
     print OUT "%%-------------------------------------------------\n";
     print OUT "%%      E N D  O F  L I S T  O F  P O I N T S      \n";
     print OUT "%%-------------------------------------------------\n";
     next LINE;
  }
  elsif (/^\s*showVariables(?=\W)/i)
  {
     print OUT "%%-------------------------------------------------\n";
     print OUT "%%       L I S T  O F  V A R I A B L E S           \n";
     print OUT "%%-------------------------------------------------\n";
     foreach my $var (keys(%VarTable)) {
       print OUT "%%\t", $var, "\t=\t", $VarTable{$var}, "\n";
     }
     print OUT "%%-------------------------------------------------\n";
     print OUT "%%   E N D  O F  L I S T  O F  V A R I A B L E S   \n";
     print OUT "%%-------------------------------------------------\n";
     next LINE;
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(system(?=\W))//i)
  {
     print OUT "%% $1$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>system</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(text(?=\W))//i)
  {
     print OUT "%% $1$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>text</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (s/^\s*(var(?=\W))//i)
  {
     print OUT "%% $1$_" if $comments_on;
     <<process <tt>var</tt> command>>
  }
  elsif (/^\s*\\(.+)/)
  {
     my $line = $1;
     if ($line =~ /^\s+(.+)/)
     {
        print OUT " $line\n";
     }
     else
     {
       print OUT "\\$line\n";
     }
     next LINE;
  }
  elsif (0==length) #empty line
  {
     next LINE;
  }
  else {
    PrintErrorMessage("command not recognized",$lc);
    next LINE;
  }

@ Command [[dasharray]] takes an arbitrary number of arguments that are used to
specify a dash pattern. Its general syntax follows:
<center>
  <tt> "dasharray" "(" d<sub>1</sub> "," g<sub>1</sub> "," d<sub>2</sub> "," 
       g<sub>2</sub> "," ... ")"</tt>
</center>
where <tt>d<sub>i</sub></tt> denotes the length of a dash and <tt>g<sub>i</sub></tt>
denotes the length of gap between two consecutive dashes. Each <tt>d<sub>i</sub></tt>
and <tt>g<sub>i</sub></tt> is a length (i.e., a number accompanied by a length of unit). 
Since we do not a priori know the number of arguments, we push them onto a stack and
then we produce a command of the form
<center>
  <tt> \setdashpattern &lt; d<sub>1</sub>, g<sub>1</sub>, d<sub>2</sub>, 
       g<sub>2</sub>, ...&gt;</tt>
</center>

<<process <tt>dasharray</tt> command>>=
      chk_lparen($cmd,$lc);
      my @DashArray = ();
      my $dash = "";
      my $dashpattern = "";
      PATTERN: while (1) {
        $dash = sprintf("%.5f", expr($lc));
        if (s/^\s*($units)//i) {
           push (@DashArray, "$dash$1");
        }
        else {
          PrintErrorMessage("Did not found unit after expression", $lc);
        }
        s/\s*//;
        if (/^[^,]/) {
          last PATTERN;
        }
        else {
          s/^,\s*//;
        }
      }
      print OUT "\\setdashpattern <";
      while (@DashArray) {
        $dashpattern .= shift @DashArray;
        $dashpattern .= ",";
      }
      $dashpattern =~ s/,$//;
      print OUT $dashpattern, ">\n";
      chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
      chk_comment($lc);

@ The command [[drawAngleArc]] draws an arc in the specified angle, a
distance <i>radius</i> from the angle. The angle is either <i>internal</i>
(<= 180 degrees) or <i>external</i> (>180 degrees). The direction of the
arc is either <i>clockwise</i> or <i>anticlockwise</i>. The command
[[drawAngleArrow]] draws an arrow just like the command [[drawAngleArc]]
draws an arc. The syntax of these commands is as follows:
<pre>
    cmds      ::= ( "drawAngleArc" | "drawAngleArrow" ) args
    args      ::= "{" angle comma radius comma internal comma clockwise "}"
    angle     ::= "angle" "(" three-points ")"
    radius    ::= "radius" "(" distance ")"
    distance  ::= expression
    internal  ::= "internal" | "external"
    clockwise ::= "clockwise" | "anticlockwise"
    comma     ::= "," | empty
</pre>
We first collect all relevant information by parsing the [[args]] and then
call the either the subroutine [[drawAngleArc]] or the subroutine
[[drawAngleArrow]] to produce the actual code
which is then printed into the output file. In order to be able to distinguish
which command we are dealing with we simply use the variable [[$cmd]].
We now start parsing the input line. We first check whether there is a
left curly bracket. Next, we parse the [[angle]], the [[distance]], the
[[internal]] and the [[clockwise]] parts of the command. Finally, we check
for right curly bracket and a trailing comment. Depending on
the value of
the variable [[$cmd]] we call either the subroutine [[drawAngleArc]] or the
subroutine [[drawAngleArrow]]. These subroutines return the code that will be
finally output to the output file.

<<process <tt>drawAngleArcOrArrow</tt> command>>=

      chk_lcb($cmd,$lc);
      <<process <tt>angle</tt> part of command>>
      s/^,\s*// or s/\s*//; #parse optional comma
      <<process <tt>radius</tt> part of command>>
      s/^,\s*// or s/\s*//; #parse optional comma
      my $inout = "";
      if (s/^(internal(?=\W))//i or s/^(external(?=\W))//i) {
        $inout = $1;
      }
      else {
        PrintErrorMessage("Did not find expected 'internal' specifier", $lc);
        next LINE;
      }
      s/^,\s*// or s/\s*//; #parse optional comma
      my $direction = "";
      if (s/^(clockwise(?=\W))//i or s/^(anticlockwise(?=\W))//i) {
        $direction = $1;
      }
      else {
        PrintErrorMessage("Did not find expected 'direction' specifier", $lc);
        next LINE;
      }
      chk_rcb("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
      chk_comment($lc);
      my $code;
      if (lc($cmd) eq "drawanglearc") {
        $code = drawAngleArc($P1, $P2, $P3, $radius, $inout, $direction);
      }
      else {
        $code = drawAngleArrow($P1, $P2, $P3, $radius, $inout, $direction);
      }
      print OUT $code if $code ne "";

@ We first check whether the first token is the word [[angle]]. In case it
isn't, this yields an unrecoverable error. In case the expected word is
there, we check for a left parenthesis. Next, we parse the three points that
must follow. For this purpose we use the user-defined subroutine
[[get_point]]. Now we check that the angle has a reasonable value, i.e., if
it is less than -400 or equal to zero, the value yields an unrecoverable error.
We finish by checking whether there is a right parenthesis.

<<process <tt>angle</tt> part of command>>=
      my ($P1, $P2, $P3);
      if (s/^angle(?=\W)//i) {
        chk_lparen("token angle of command $cmd",$lc);
        $P1 = get_point($lc);
        next LINE if $P1 eq "_undef_";
        $P2 = get_point($lc);
        next LINE if $P2 eq "_undef_";
        $P3 = get_point($lc);
        next LINE if $P3 eq "_undef_";
        my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P1});
        my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P2});
        my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P3});
        my $Angle = Angle($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3);
        if ($Angle <= 0) {
          if ($Angle == 0) {
            PrintErrorMessage("Angle is equal to zero",$lc);
            next LINE;
          }
          elsif ($Angle < -400) {
            PrintErrorMessage("Something is wrong with the points",$lc);
            next LINE;
          }
        }
        chk_rparen("angle part of command $cmd",$lc);
      }
      else {
        PrintErrorMessage("Did not find expected angle part",$lc);
        next LINE;
      }

@ In this section we parse the [[radius]] part of the [[drawAngleArc]] or the
[[drawAngleArrow]] command. We first check whether the next token is the word
[[radius]]. If it is not, then we continue with the next line.

<<process <tt>radius</tt> part of command>>=

     my $radius;
     if (s/^radius(?=\W)//i) {
       chk_lparen("token radius of command $cmd",$lc);
       $radius = expr($lc);
       chk_rparen("radius part of command $cmd",$lc);
     }
     else {
       PrintErrorMessage("Did not found expected angle part",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }

@ Command [[drawcircle]] accepts two arguments--a point name that is
used to specify the center of the circle and the radius of the circle.
The radius is simply an expression, whose value must be greater than zero.
Otherwise, we print an error message and continue with the next input line.
The general syntax of the command is as follows:
<pre>
    "drawcircle" "(" point-name "," rad ")"
</pre>
The code we emit for a point with coordinates [[x]] and [[y]] and for radius
equal to [[R]] is:
<pre>
   \circulararc 360 degrees from X y center at x y
</pre>
where [[X = x+R]].<p>
Initially, we check whether there is an opening left parenthesis. Next,
we get the point name by using the subroutine [[get_point]] which
issues an error message if the point hasn't been defined. In this
case we stop processing the command, as there is absolutely no reason to
do otherwise. Next, we parse the comma and then the radius by using
the subroutine [[ComputeDist]]. If there is no problem, we emit the code
and finally we check for a closing right parenthesis and for
possible garbage that may follow the command.

<<process <tt>drawcircle</tt> command>>=
      chk_lparen("drawcircle",$lc);
      my $Point = get_point($lc);
      next LINE if $Point eq "_undef_";
      chk_comma($lc);
      my $R = expr($lc);
      if ($R <= 0) {
         PrintErrorMessage("Radius must be greater than zero",$lc);
         next LINE;
      }
      my ($x,$y,$pSV,$pS)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($Point)});
      printf OUT "\\circulararc 360 degrees from %.5f %.5f center at %.5f %.5f\n",
                  $x+$R, $y, $x, $y;
      chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
      chk_comment($lc);

@ Command [[drawcircumcircle]] is used to draw the circumcircle of triangle
specified by three points which are the arguments of the command. We start
by parsing the opening left parenthesis. Next, we get the three points
that define the triangle. We are now able to compute the center and
the radius of the circumcircle by calling the subroutine [[circumCircleCenter]].
If the triangle area is equal to zero, then this subroutine will return
the array [[(0,0,0)]] to indicate this fact.
We now have all necessary information to draw the circumcircle. We use the
following code to do the job:
<pre>
   \circulararc 360 degrees from X y center x y
</pre>
where [[x]] and [[y]] are the coordinates of the center, [[R]] its
radius and [[X=x+R]]. What is left is to check whether there is a
closing right parenthesis and any trailing garbage.


<<process <tt>drawcircumcircle</tt> command>>=
      chk_lparen("drawcircumcircle",$lc);
      my $point1 = get_point($lc);
      next LINE if $point1 eq "_undef_";
      my $point2 = get_point($lc);
      next LINE if $point2 eq "_undef_";
      my $point3 = get_point($lc);
      next LINE if $point3 eq "_undef_";
      my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point1});
      my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point2});
      my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point3});
      my ($xc, $yc,$r) = circumCircleCenter($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$x3,$y3,$lc);
      next LINE if $xc == 0 and  $yc == 0 and $r == 0;
      print OUT "%% circumcircle center = ($xc,$yc), radius = $r\n" if $comments_on;
      printf OUT "\\circulararc 360 degrees from %.5f %.5f center at %.5f %.5f\n",
                  $xc+$r, $yc, $xc, $yc;
      chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
      chk_comment($lc);

@ The syntax of the [[drawexcircle]] command is as follows:
<pre>
       drawexcircle ::= "drawexcircle" "(" ThreePoints "," TwoPoints ")"
                        [ modifier ]
       modifier ::= "[" expr "]"

</pre>
The [[modifier]] is an expression that is used to modify the radius of the
excicle. We start by checking whether there is a left parenthesis. Then we
get names of the three points. In case any of the points is not defined
we issue an error message and continue with the next input line. Next, we
check whether there is a comma that separates the three points defining the
triangle from the two points defining a side of the triangle (variables
[[$point1]], [[$point2]], and [[$point3]]). Moreover, we must ensure that
the area of the area defined by these points is not equal to
zero. If it is we issue an error message and we continue with the next
input line. Now, we are ready to get the two
point names that define the side of the triangle (variables [[$point3]] and
[[$point5]]). At this point we must make sure that these points are different
points and that they are members of the list of points that define the triangle.
We make this check by calling the subroutine [[memberOf]]. Next, we check
whether there is a closing right parenthesis. We now compute the center
and the radius of the excircle by calling the subroutine [[excircle]]. The
coordinates of the center are stored in the variables [[$xc]] and [[$yc]],
while the radius is stored in the variable [[$r]]. If the next
non-blank input character is a left square bracket, then we know the user has
specified the optional part. We use the subroutine [[expr]] to get the value of
the optional part. The value of the optional part is stored in the variable [[$R]].
At this point we check whether the sum of the radius
plus the optional part is equal to zero and if it is we continue with the
next input line. Next, we check for a closing right square bracket. We are
now ready to emit the source code. The first thing we must check is that
the radius is not too big for PiCTeX, i.e., not greater than 500/2.845.
Then we print some informative text to the output file and of course the
actual code. We use the following code to do the job:
<pre>
   \circulararc 360 degrees from (xc+R) yc center xc yc
</pre>
The last thing we check is whether there is some trailing garbage.

<<process <tt>drawexcircle</tt> command>>=
     chk_lparen("drawexcircle",$lc);
     my $point1 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point1 eq "_undef_";
     my $point2 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point2 eq "_undef_";
     my $point3 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point3 eq "_undef_";
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point1});
     my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point2});
     my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point3});
     if (triangleArea($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3) < 0.0001) {
       PrintErrorMessage("Area of triangle is zero!",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     chk_comma($lc);
     my $point4 = get_point($lc);
     if (!memberOf($point4, $point1, $point2, $point3)) {
       PrintErrorMessage("Current point isn't a side point",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     next LINE if $point4 eq "_undef_";
     my $point5 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point5 eq "_undef_";
     if (!memberOf($point5, $point1, $point2, $point3)) {
       PrintErrorMessage("Current point isn't a side point",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     if ($point4 eq $point5) {
       PrintErrorMessage("Side points are identical",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
     my ($xc, $yc, $r) = excircle($point1, $point2, $point3,
                                  $point4, $point5);
     my $R=$r;
     if (s/^\s*\[\s*//) {
        $R += expr($lc);
        if ($R < 0.0001) {
          PrintErrorMessage("Radius has become equal to zero!",$lc);
          next LINE;
        }
        chk_rsb($lc);
     }
     if ($R > (500 / 2.845)) {
       PrintErrorMessage("Radius is greater than 175mm!",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     print OUT "%% excircle center = ($xc,$yc) radius = $R\n" if $comments_on;
     printf OUT "\\circulararc 360 degrees from %.5f %.5f center at %.5f %.5f\n",
                  $xc+$R, $yc, $xc, $yc;
     chk_comment($lc);

@ The syntax of the [[drawincircle]] command is as follows:
<pre>
    drawincircle ::= "drawincircle" "(" ThreePoints ")" [ modifier]
    modifier     ::= "[" expr "]"
</pre>
where [[ThreePoints]] correspond to the points defining the triangle and
[[modifier]] is an optional modification factor.
The first thing we do is to check whether
there is an opening left parenthesis. Then we get the names of the three
points that define the triangle (variables [[$point1]], [[$point2]],
and [[$point3]]). Next, we make sure that the area of the
triangle defined by these three points is not equal to zero. If it is, then
we issue an error message and continue with the next input line. Now, we
compute the center and the radius of the incircle (variables [[$xc]], [[$yc]],
and [[$r]]). If the next non-blank input character is a left square bracket,
then we now the user has specified the optional part. We use subroutine
[[expr]] to get the value of the optional part. The value of
the optional part
is stored in the variable [[$R]]. At this point we check whether the sum of the
radius plus the optional part is equal to zero and if it is we continue with
the next input line. Next, we check for a closing right square bracket.
We are now ready to emit the source code. The first thing we must check is
that the radius is not too big for PiCTeX, i.e., not greater than 500/2.845.
Then we print some informative text to the output file and of course the
actual code. We use the following code to do the job:
<pre>
   \circulararc 360 degrees from (xc+R) yc center xc yc
</pre>
The last thing we check is whether there is some trailing garbage.

<<process <tt>drawincircle</tt> command>>=
     chk_lparen("drawincircle",$lc);
     my $point1 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point1 eq "_undef_";
     my $point2 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point2 eq "_undef_";
     my $point3 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point3 eq "_undef_";
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point1});
     my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point2});
     my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point3});
     if (triangleArea($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3) < 0.0001) {
       PrintErrorMessage("Area of triangle is zero!",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     my ($xc, $yc, $r) = IncircleCenter($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$x3,$y3);
     my $R=$r;
     if (s/^\s*\[\s*//) {
        $R += expr($lc);
        if ($R < 0.0001) {
          PrintErrorMessage("Radius has become equal to zero!",$lc);
          next LINE;
        }
        chk_rsb($lc);
     }
     if ($R > (500 / 2.845)) {
       PrintErrorMessage("Radius is greater than 175mm!",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     print OUT "%% incircle center = ($xc,$yc) radius = $R\n" if $comments_on;
     printf OUT "\\circulararc 360 degrees from %.5f %.5f center at %.5f %.5f\n",
                  $xc+$R, $yc, $xc, $yc;
     chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
     chk_comment($lc);

@ The command [[drawPerpendicular]] command draws a line from point A to line
BC, such that it is perpendicular to line BC. The general syntax of the
command is as follows:
<pre>
      drawPenpedicular ::= "drawPenpedicular" "(" Point "," TwoPoints ")"
</pre>
The first thing we do is to parse the left parenthesis. Then we parse
the name of the first point, namely [[$A$]]. If this point is undefined
we print an error message and continue with the next line. Next, we parse
the expected leading comma and the names of the other two points. Certainly,
in case either of these two points has not been defined, we simply print an
error message and continue with the next input line. Finally, we check for
a closing right parenthesis and a possible trailing comment. Now we are
ready to compute the coordinates of the foot of the
perpendicular line. We do so my calling subroutine
[[perpendicular]]. Certainly, before we do this we have to get the
coordinates of the points that we have parsed.  Finally, we output the
PiCTeX code:
<pre>
      \plot x1 y1   xF xY /
</pre>
where [[x1]] and [[y1]] are coordinates of the point A and [[xF]] and [[yF]]
the coordinates of the foot.

<<process <tt>drawPerpendicular</tt> command>>=

      chk_lparen($cmd,$lc);
      my $A = get_point($lc);
      next LINE if $A eq "_undef_";
      chk_comma($lc);
      my $B = get_point($lc);
      next LINE if $A eq "_undef_";
      s/\s*//; #ignore white space
      my $C = get_point($lc);
      next LINE if $A eq "_undef_";
      chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
      chk_comment($lc);
      #
      #start actual computation
      #
      my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$A});
      my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$B});
      my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$C});
      my ($xF, $yF) = perpendicular($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3);
      printf OUT "\\plot  %.5f %.5f    %.5f %.5f  /\n",
             $x1, $y1, $xF, $yF;

@ The [[drawpoint]] command has a number of points as arguments and produces
PiCTeX code that draws a plot symbol at the coordinates of each point. The
syntax of the command is as follows:
<pre>
  drawpoint ::= "drawpoint" "(" Point { separator Point } ")"
</pre>
The [[while]] loop is used to consume all points that are
between an opening left parenthesis and a closing right parenthesis. All
points are pushed on the local array [[PP]]. When we have parsed the lists
of points, we call the subroutine [[drawpoints]] to emit the actual PiCTeX code.
Finally, we check whether there is a closing parenthesis
parenthesis, and whether
there is some trailing text that makes no sense. In case there are no points
between the parentheses, then we issue an appropriate error message and
we continue with the next input line.

<<process <tt>drawpoint</tt> command>>=
      my ($stacklen);
      chk_lparen("$cmd",$lc);
      if (/^\)/) {
        PrintErrorMessage("There are no point to draw",$lc);
        next LINE;
      }
      my(@PP);
      DRAWPOINTS:while(1) {
        if (s/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})//i) { #point name
          $P = $1;
          if (!exists($PointTable{lc($P)})) {
            PrintErrorMessage("Undefined point $P",$lc);
            next DRAWPOINTS;
          }
          else {
            push (@PP,$P);
            s/\s*//;
          }
        }
        else {
          last DRAWPOINTS;
        }
      }
      drawpoints(@PP);
      chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
      chk_comment($lc);

@ The syntax of the [[drawRightAngle]] command is as follows:
<pre>
     drawRightAngle "(" ThreePoints  "," dist ")"
     dist ::= expr | TwoPoints
</pre>
Before we proceed with the actual computation we parse the left parenthesis,
the three points, the comma, the [[dist]], and the right parenthesis. In case
we have neither three points nor a [[dist]] we print an error message and
continue with the next input line, i.e., these errors are irrecoverable.
The names of the three points are stored in variables [[$point1]],
[[$point2]], and [[$point3]]. The value of the distance is stored
in the variable [[$dist]].
Let's now explain the semantics of this command.<p>

Our aim is to draw lines S<sub>1</sub>-S, S<sub>2</sub>-S (S<sub>1</sub>
and S<sub>2</sub> are at distance d from B). All the relevant points are
depicted in the following figure:
<center>
<img src="fig1.jpg">
</center>
Some notes are in order:
<ol>
<li> BS bisects angle ABC, and meets AC in Q, so start by determining point
Q, then determine S, and then S<sub>1</sub> and S<sub>2</sub>, and then
draw S<sub>1</sub>-S and S<sub>2</sub>-S.</li>
<li> Distance AQ is given by AC/(1+tan(BCA))</li>
<li> The coordinates of Q are computed using the subroutine [[pointOnLine]].</li>
<li> Now we compute the coordinates of S on line BQ.</li>
<li> We compute the coordinates of S<sub>1</sub> and S<sub>2</sub> by using
The subroutine [[pointOnLine]].</li>
</ol>
In order to implement the above steps we first compute the length of the line
AB. Note that A is [[$point1]], etc. Next we compute the angle BAC. Now
we compute the distance AQ (variable [[$line1]]). The coordinates of point
Q are stored in variables [[$xQ]] and [[$yQ]]. The coordinates of point
S are stored in variables [[$xS]] and [[$yS]]. Now we have to determine the
coordinates of points S<sub>1</sub> and S<sub>2</sub>. These coordinates
are stored in variables [[$xS1]], [[$yS1]] and [[$xS2]], [[$yS2]],
respectively. Finally, we emit the PiCTeX target code.

<<process <tt>drawRightAngle</tt> command>>=

     chk_lparen("drawRightAngle",$lc);
     my $point1 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point1 eq "_undef_";
     my $point2 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point2 eq "_undef_";
     my $point3 = get_point($lc);
     next LINE if $point3 eq "_undef_";
     my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point1});
     my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point2});
     my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point3});
     chk_comma($lc);
     my $dist = expr($lc);
     chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
     chk_comment($lc);
     #
     #actual computation
     #
     my ($Px, $Py) = pointOnLine($x2, $y2, $x1, $y1, $dist);
     my ($Qx, $Qy) = pointOnLine($x2, $y2, $x3, $y3, $dist);
     my ($Tx, $Ty) = midpoint($Px, $Py, $Qx, $Qy);
     my ($Ux, $Uy) = pointOnLine($x2, $y2, $Tx, $Ty, 2*Length($x2, $y2, $Tx, $Ty));
     if ($Px == $Ux || $Py == $Uy) {
       printf OUT "\\putrule from %.5f %.5f to %.5f %.5f \n", $Px,$Py,$Ux,$Uy;
     }
     else {
       printf OUT "\\plot %.5f %.5f\t%.5f %.5f / \n", $Px, $Py,$Ux,$Uy;
     }
     if ($Ux == $Qx || $Uy == $Qy) {
       printf OUT "\\putrule from %.5f %.5f to %.5f %.5f \n", $Ux,$Uy,$Qx,$Qy;
     }
     else {
       printf OUT "\\plot %.5f %.5f\t%.5f %.5f / \n", $Ux, $Uy,$Qx,$Qy;
     }


@ The command [[drawsquare]] has two arguments: a point, which specifies the
coordinates of the point where the square will be placed, and a number, which
specifies the length of the side of the square. The syntax of the command is as follows:
<center>
 <tt> "drawSquare" "(" Point "," expression ")" </tt>
</center> 
Note that RWDN has suggested to alter the value of the [[$side]] variable (see the
line with [[RWDN]] comment).

<<process <tt>drawsquare</tt> command>>=
   chk_lparen("drawSquare",$lc);
   my $p = get_point($lc);
   chk_comma($lc);
   my $side = expr($lc);
   $side = $side - (1.1 * $LineThickness/$xunits); #Suggested by RWDN
   my ($x,$y,$pSV,$pS) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$p});
   printf OUT "\\put {%s} at %.5f %.5f %%drawsquare\n", drawsquare($side), $x, $y;
   chk_rparen("arguments of $cmd",$lc);
   chk_comment($lc);

@ The argument of the [[inputfile*]] command is a file name that is always
enclosed in parentheses:
<pre>
 starred-input-file ::= "inputfile*" "(" file-name ")"
 file-name ::= (alpha | period) { alpha | period }
 alpha ::= letter | digit | "_" | "-"
</pre>
Note, that the input file is assumed to contain TeX code.
We first check to see if there is a left parenthesis. Then we consume
the file name. We check if the file exists and then we copy verbatim the
input file to the output file. Next, we check for the closing parenthesis.
Now, if there is a trailing comment we copy it to the output file depending
on the value of the variable [[$comments_on]], else if there is some other
text we simply ignore it and issue a warning message.

<<process <tt>inputfile*</tt> command>>=
     chk_lparen("inputfile*",$lc);
     my $row_in = "";
     if (s/^((\w|-|\.)+)//) {
       $row_in = $1;
     }
     else {
       PrintErrorMessage("No input file name found",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     if (!(-e $row_in)) {
       PrintErrorMessage("File $row_in does not exist",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     open(ROW, "$row_in")|| die "Can't open file $row_in\n";
     while (defined($in_line=<ROW>)) { print OUT $in_line; }
     print OUT "%% ... end of input file <$row_in>\n";
     close ROW;
     chk_rparen("input file name",$lc);
     chk_comment($lc);


@ The [[inputfile]] command has at most two arguments, second being
optional: a file name enclosed in curly brackets and the number of
times this file should be included in square brackets:
<pre>
  inputfile ::= "inputfile" "(" file-name ")" [ Times ]
  Times ::= "[" expr "]"
</pre>
Note that the input file is assumed to contain mathspic commands. In addition, if
the expression is equal to a decimal number, it is truncated.
As in the case of the [[inputfile*]] command we parse the left parenthesis,
the file name, the right parenthesis and the optional argument if it exists.
In order to process the commands contained in the input file, we call
The subroutine [[process_input]].

<<process <tt>inputfile</tt> command>>=

     chk_lparen("inputfile",$lc);
     my $comm_in = "";
     if (s/^((\w|-|\.)+)//) {
       $comm_in = $1;
     }
     else {
       PrintErrorMessage("No input file name found",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     if (!(-e $comm_in)) {
       PrintErrorMessage("File $comm_in does not exist",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     chk_rparen("input file name",$lc);
     my $input_times = 1; #default value
     if (s/^\[//) {
       $input_times = expr($lc);       
       chk_rsb("optional argument",$lc);
     }
     print OUT "%% ... start of file <$comm_in> loop [$input_times]\n";
     for (my $i=0; $i<int($input_times); $i++) {
       open(COMM,"$comm_in") or die "Can't open file $comm_in\n";
       print OUT "%%% Iteration number: ",$i+1,"\n";
       my $old_file_name = $curr_in_file;
       process_input(COMM,"File $comm_in, ");
       $curr_in_file = $old_file_name;
       close COMM;
     }
     print OUT "%% ... end of file <$comm_in> loop [$input_times]\n";
     chk_comment($lc);

@ The [[linethickness]] command should be used to set the thickness of lines.
The command has one argument, which is a length or the word [[default]].
The default line thickness is 0.4 pt.

<<process <tt>linethickness</tt> command>>=
     chk_lparen("linethickness", $lc);
     if (s/^default//i) {
       print OUT "\\linethickness=0.4pt\\Linethickness{0.4pt}%%\n";
       print OUT "\\setplotsymbol  ({\\usefont{OT1}{cmr}{m}{n}\\tiny .})%\n";
       $LineThickness = setLineThickness($xunits,"0.4pt");
     }
     else {
       my $length = expr($lc);
       if (s/^\s*($units)//i) {
         my $units = $1;
         printf OUT "\\linethickness=%.5f%s\\Linethickness{%.5f%s}%%\n",
                $length, $units, $length, $units;
         $LineThickness = setLineThickness($xunits,"$length$units");
         my $mag;
         if ($units eq "pc") {
           $mag = $length * 12;
         }
         elsif ($units eq "in") {
           $mag = $length * 72.27;
         }
         elsif ($units eq "bp") {
           $mag = $length * 1.00375;
         }
         elsif ($units eq "cm") {
           $mag = $length * 28.45275;
         }
         elsif ($units eq "mm") {
           $mag = $length * 2.845275;
         }
         elsif ($units eq "dd") {
           $mag = $length * 1.07001;
         }
         elsif ($units eq "cc") {
           $mag = $length * 0.08917;
         }
         elsif ($units eq "sp") {
           $mag = $length * 0.000015259;
         }
         elsif ($units eq "pt") {
           $mag = $length;
         }
         $mag = 10 * $mag / 1.00278219;
         printf OUT "\\font\\CM=cmr10 at %.5fpt%%\n", $mag;
         print OUT "\\setplotsymbol  ({\\CM .})%\n";
       }
       else {
         PrintErrorMessage("Did not found expect units part",$lc);
       }
     }
     chk_rparen("linethickness", $lc);
     chk_comment($lc);


@ We first output the input line as a comment into the output file. Now,
after the [[paper]] token we look for an opening brace. Then we process
the [[units]] part of the command, if the token [[units]] is present. Note
that the [[units]] part is optional. Next we process the [[xrange]] and the
[[yrange]] part of the command, which are also optional parts of the command.
We are now ready to process the [[axis]] part. Note, that the user is allowed
to alternatively specify this part with the word [[axes]]. 
The variable [[$axis]]
is supposed to hold the various data relate to the [[axis]] part. The last
thing we check is the [[ticks]] part. In case the user has not specified
this part we assume that both ticks are equal to zero. If everything is
according to the  language syntax, we expect a closing right curly bracket.
Now, that we have all relevant information we can output the rest of the code,
as some parts of it have already been output during parsing. The last thing we
do is to check whether there is any trailing comment.

<<process <tt>paper</tt> command>>=
     chk_lcb("paper", $lc);
     if (s/^units(?=\W)//i)
     {
        <<process <tt>unit</tt> part>>
        $nounits = 0;
     }
     else
     {
        $nounits = 1;
     }
     s/^,\s*// or s/\s*//;
     if (s/^xrange//i)
     {
        <<process <tt>xrange</tt> part>>
        $noxrange = 0;
     }
     else
     {
        $noxrange = 1;
     }
     s/^,\s*// or s/\s*//;
     if (s/^yrange//i)
     {
        <<process <tt>yrange</tt> part>>
        $noyrange = 0;
     }
     else
     {
        $noyrange = 1;
     }
     <<generate plot area related commands>>
     s/^,\s*// or s/\s*//;
     $axis = "";
     if (s/^ax[ei]s(?=\W)//i)
     {
        <<process <tt>axis</tt> part>>
     }
     $axis = uc($axis);
     s/^,\s*// or s/\s*//;
     if (s/^ticks(?=\W)//i)
     {
        <<process <tt>ticks</tt> part>>
     }
     else
     {
        $xticks = $yticks = 0;
     }
     chk_rcb("paper", $lc);
     <<generate the rest of the code for the <tt>paper</tt> command>>
     chk_comment($lc);

@ We first check whether there is a left parenthesis. Next, we check
whether there is decimal number or a variable name. In case there isn't one we assume it 
is the number 1. Now, we get the units. If there is no valid unit, we issue
an error and the x-unit is set to its default value. In case, there is
a trailing comma, we assume the user wants also to specify the y-unit and
we process this part just like we did with the x-unit part. Finally, we
output the corresponding PiCTeX command. In case there is no y-unit
we assume it is equal to the x-unit.

<<process <tt>unit</tt> part>>=

        chk_lparen("units",$lc);
        if(s/^\)//)
        {
          PrintWarningMessage("Missing value in \"units\"--default is 1pt",
                                 $lc);
          $xunits = "1pt";          
        }
        else {
          $xunits = expr($lc);
          s/\s*//;
          if (s/^($units)//i) {
            $xunits .= "$1";
            $LineThickness = setLineThickness($xunits,"0.4pt");
          }
          elsif(s/^(\w)+//i) {
            PrintErrorMessage("$1 is not a valid mathspic unit",$lc);
            $xunits = "1pt";
          }
          else {
            PrintErrorMessage("No x-units found",$lc);
            $xunits = "1pt";
          }
          s/\s*//; #ignore white space
          if (s/^,//) {  # there is a comma so expect an y-units
            s/\s*//; #ignore white space
            $yunits = expr($lc);
            s/\s*//; #ignore white space
            if (s/^($units)//i) {
              $yunits .= "$1";
            }
            elsif(s/^(\w)+//i) {
              PrintErrorMessage("$1 is not a valid mathspic unit",$lc);
              $yunits = "1pt";
            }
            else {
              PrintErrorMessage("No y-units found",$lc);
              $yunits = $xunits;
            }
          }
          else {
            $yunits = $xunits;
          }
          chk_rparen("units",$lc);
        }

@ The [[xrange]] token must be followed by a left parenthesis, so we
check whether the next token is a left parenthesis. We store in the variables
[[$xlow]] and [[$xhigh]] the values of the range. The range is specified
as pair of decimal numbers/variable/pair of points, separated by a
comma. We use the subroutine [[ComputeDist]] to get the value of the lower
end and the upper end of the range. The last thing we check is whether
the lower end is less than the upper end. If this isn't the case we
issue an error message and we skip into the next input line.

<<process <tt>xrange</tt> part>>=

        chk_lparen("xrange",$lc);
        my $ec;
        ($xlow,$ec) = ComputeDist($lc);
        next LINE if $ec == 0;
        chk_comma($lc);
        ($xhigh,$ec) = ComputeDist($lc);
        next LINE if $ec == 0;
        if ($xlow >= $xhigh)
        {
           PrintErrorMessage("xlow >= xhigh in xrange",$lc);
           next LINE;
        }
        chk_rparen("$xhigh",$lc);

@ The [[yrange]] token must be followed by a left parenthesis, so we
check whether the next token is a left parenthesis. We store in the variables
[[$ylow]] and [[$yhigh]] the values of the range. The range is specified
as pair of decimal numbers/variable/pair of points, separated by a
comma. We use the subroutine [[ComputeDist]] to get the value of the lower
end and the upper end of the range. The last thing we check is whether
the lower end is less than the upper end. If this isn't the case we
issue an error message and we skip into the next input line.

<<process <tt>yrange</tt> part>>=

        chk_lparen("yrange",$lc);
        my $ec;
        ($ylow,$ec) = ComputeDist($lc);
        next LINE if $ec == 0;
        chk_comma($lc);
        ($yhigh,$ec) = ComputeDist($lc);
        next LINE if $ec == 0;
        if ($ylow >= $yhigh)
        {
           PrintErrorMessage("ylow >= yhigh in yrange",$lc);
           next LINE;
        }
        chk_rparen("$yhigh",$lc);

@ The [[showAngle]] command has three arguments that correspond to three distinct
points and emits a comment of the form:
<center>
<tt>%% angle(ABC) = 45</tt>
</center>
Note that the computed angle is expressed in degrees.

<<process <tt>showAngle</tt> command>>=
       chk_lparen("showangle",$lc);
       my $point_1 = get_point($lc);
       my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_1});
       my $point_2 = get_point($lc);
       my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_2});
       my $point_3 = get_point($lc);
       my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_3});
       my $angle = Angle($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3);
       $angle = 0 if $angle == -500;
       printf OUT "%%%% angle(%s%s%s) = %.5f deg ( %.5f rad)\n", $point_1,
              $point_2, $point_3, $angle, $angle*D2R;
       chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);

@ The [[showArea]] command has three arguments that correspond to three distinct
points and emits a comment of the form:
<center>
<tt>%% area(ABC) = 45</tt>
</center>
Note that the computed angle is expressed in degrees.

<<process <tt>showArea</tt> command>>=
       chk_lparen("showarea",$lc);
       my $point_1 = get_point($lc);
       my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_1});
       my $point_2 = get_point($lc);
       my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_2});
       my $point_3 = get_point($lc);
       my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_3});
       print OUT "%% area($point_1$point_2$point_3) = ",
             triangleArea($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2, $x3, $y3), "\n";
       chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);

@ The [[showLength]] command has two arguments that correspond to two distinct
points and emits a comment of the form:
<center>
<tt>%% length(AB) = 45</tt>
</center>
Note that the computed angle is expressed in degrees.

<<process <tt>showLength</tt> command>>=
       chk_lparen("showlength",$lc);
       my $point_1 = get_point($lc);
       my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_1});
       my $point_2 = get_point($lc);
       my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$point_2});
       print OUT "%% length($point_1$point_2) = ",
             Length($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2), "\n";
       chk_rparen("Missing right parenthesis", $lc);


@ If the user hasn't specified units then we use the previous values to
set the coordinate system. If the user hasn't specified either the
[[xunits]] part or the [[yunits]], then we don't emit code. In case he/she
has specified both parts we generate the command that sets the plot area.

<<generate plot area related commands>>=

    if (!$nounits)
    {
       printf OUT "\\setcoordinatesystem units <%s,%s>\n",
                  $xunits,$yunits;
    }
    if(!$noxrange && !$noyrange)
    {
       printf OUT "\\setplotarea x from %.5f to %.5f, y from %.5f to %.5f\n",
                  $xlow, $xhigh, $ylow, $yhigh;

    }

@ We first check to see whether there is an opening left parenthesis. Next
we get the various options the user may have entered. The valid options
are the letters L, R, T, B, X, and Y. These letters may be followed by
an optional star [[*]] with space characters between the letter and the star.
We use a loop, that stops when a right parenthesis is found, to
go through all
possible arguments and append each argument in the string [[$axis]]. Note
one can have blank space between different arguments. The last thing we do is
to check for the closing right parenthesis.

<<process <tt>axis</tt> part>>=

        chk_lparen("axis",$lc);
        while(/^[^\)]/)
        {
            if (s/^([lrtbxy]{1}\*?)//i)
            {
               $axis .= $1;
            }
            elsif (s/^([^lrtbxy])//i)
            {
               PrintErrorMessage("Non-valid character \"$1\" in axis()",$lc);
            }
            s/\s*//;
        }
        chk_rparen("axis(arguments",$lc);

@ As usual we start by skipping white space. Next we check whether there is
an opening left parenthesis. Now, we expect two numbers/variables/pair of
point representing the [[ticks]] increment value. These [[ticks]] increment
values must be separated by a comma (and possibly some white space around
them). We use the subroutine [[ComputeDist]] to get the value of the [[ticks]]
increment value and we assign to the variables [[$xticks]] and [[$yticks]]
the value of x-ticks and y-ticks increment value. In case there is a
problem we issue an error message and continue with the next line. The last
thing we check is whether there is a closing right parenthesis.

<<process <tt>ticks</tt> part>>=
        chk_lparen("ticks",$lc);
        my $ec;
        ($xticks,$ec) = ComputeDist($lc);
        next LINE if $ec == 0;
        chk_comma($lc);
        ($yticks,$ec) = ComputeDist($lc);
        next LINE if $ec == 0;
        chk_rparen("ticks(arguments",$lc);

@ We actually emit code if the user has specified either the [[X]] or
[[Y]] option in the [[axis]] part. If the user has specified the
[[Y*]] or  the [[X*]] option in the axis part, we just emit the commands
[[\axis left shiftedto x=0]] or [[\axis bottom shiftedto y=0]] respectively
and exit. If the use has specified ticks, then, depending on the options
he had supplied with the [[axis]] part, we emit code that
implements the user's wishes.
**** HERE WE MUST EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE CODE EMITTED!!! *****

<<generate the rest of the code for the <tt>paper</tt> command>>=
YBRANCH: {
   if (index($axis, "Y")>-1)
   {
      if (index($axis, "Y*")>-1)
      {
         print OUT "\\axis left shiftedto x=0 / \n";
         last YBRANCH;
      }
      if ($yticks > 0)
      {
         if (index($axis, "T")>-1 && index($axis, "B")==-1)
         {
            print OUT "\\axis left shiftedto x=0 ticks numbered from ";
            print OUT "$ylow to -$yticks by $yticks\n      from $yticks to ";
            print OUT $yhigh-$yticks," by $yticks /\n";
         }
         elsif (index($axis, "T")==-1 && index($axis, "B")>-1)
         {
            print OUT "\\axis left shiftedto x=0 ticks numbered from ";
            print OUT $ylow+$yticks," to -$yticks by $yticks\n      from ";
            print OUT "$yticks to $yhigh by $yticks /\n";
         }
         elsif (index($axis, "T")>-1 && index($axis, "B")>-1)
         {
            print OUT "\\axis left shiftedto x=0 ticks numbered from ";
            print OUT $ylow+$yticks," to -$yticks by $yticks\n      from ";
            print OUT "$yticks to ",$yhigh-$yticks," by $yticks /\n";
         }
         else
         {
            print OUT "\\axis left shiftedto x=0 ticks numbered from ";
            print OUT "$ylow to -$yticks by $yticks\n      from ";
            print OUT "$yticks to $yhigh by $yticks /\n";
         }
      }
      else
      {
         print OUT "\\axis left shiftedto x=0 /\n";
      }
   }
   }
   XBRANCH: { if (index($axis, "X")>-1)
   {
      if (index($axis, "X*")>-1)
      {
         print OUT "\\axis bottom shiftedto y=0 /\n";
         last XBRANCH;
      }
      if ($xticks > 0)
      {
         if (index($axis, "L")>-1 && index($axis, "R")==1)
         {
            print OUT "\\axis bottom shiftedto y=0 ticks numbered from ";
            print OUT $xlow + $xticks," to -$xticks by $xticks\n      from";
            print OUT " $xticks to $xhigh by $xticks /\n";
         }
         elsif (index($axis, "L")==-1 && index($axis, "R")>-1)
         {
            print OUT "\\axis bottom shiftedto y=0 ticks numbered from ";
            print OUT "$xlow to -$xticks by $xticks\n      from ";
            print OUT "$xticks to ",$xhigh-$xticks," by $xticks /\n";
         }
         elsif (index($axis, "L")>-1 && index($axis, "R")>-1)
         {
            print OUT "\\axis bottom shiftedto y=0 ticks numbered from ";
            print OUT $xlow + $xticks," to -$xticks by $xticks\n      from ";
            print OUT "$xticks to ",$xhigh - $xticks," by $xticks /\n";
         }
         else
         {
            print OUT "\\axis bottom shiftedto y=0 ticks numbered from ";
            print OUT "$xlow to -$xticks by  $xticks\n      from ";
            print OUT "$xticks to $xhigh by $xticks /\n";
         }
      }
      else
      {
         print OUT "\\axis bottom shiftedto y=0 /\n";
      }
   } }
   LBRANCH: {if (index($axis, "L")>-1)
   {
      if (index($axis, "L")>-1)
      {
         if (index($axis, "L*")>-1)
         {
            print OUT "\\axis left /\n";
            last LBRANCH;
         }
         if ($yticks > 0)
         {
            print OUT "\\axis left ticks numbered from ";
            print OUT "$ylow to $yhigh by $yticks /\n";
         }
         else
         {
            print OUT "\\axis left /\n";
         }
      }
   } }
   RBRANCH: { if (index($axis, "R")>-1)
   {
      if (index($axis, "R*")>-1)
      {
         print OUT "\\axis right /\n";
         last RBRANCH;
      }
      if ($yticks > 0)
      {
         print OUT "\\axis right ticks numbered from $ylow to $yhigh by ";
         print OUT "$yticks /\n";
      }
      else
      {
         print OUT "\\axis right /\n";
      }
   } }
   TBRANCH: { if (index($axis, "T")>-1)
   {
      if (index($axis, "T*")>-1)
      {
         print OUT "\\axis top /\n";
         last TBRANCH;
      }
      if ($xticks > 0)
      {
         print OUT "\\axis top ticks numbered from $xlow to $xhigh by ";
         print OUT "$xticks /\n";
      }
      else
      {
         print OUT "\\axis top /\n";
      }
   } }
   BBRANCH: { if (index($axis, "B")>-1)
   {
      if (index($axis, "B*")>-1)
      {
         print OUT "\\axis bottom /\n";
         last BBRANCH;
      }
      if ($xticks > 0)
      {
         print OUT "\\axis bottom ticks numbered from $xlow to $xhigh by ";
         print OUT "$xticks /\n";
      }
      else
      {
         print OUT "\\axis bottom /\n";
      }
   } }


@ The syntax of the [[point]] commands follows:
<pre>
point[*](PointName){Coordinates}[PointSymbol]
</pre>
where [[PointName]] is valid point name, [[Coordinates]] is either a
pair of numbers denoting the coordinates of the point or an expression
by means of which the system computes the coordinates of the point, and
the [[PointSymbol]] is a valid  T<sub><font size=+1>E</font></sub>X
command denoting a point symbol. A valid point name consists of a
letter and at most two trailing digits. That is, the names [[a11]],
[[b2]] and [[c]] are valid names while [[qw]] and [[s123]] are not.
The first thing we do is to set the point shape to the default symbol
(this has been initialized in the main program). Next, we check whether
we have a [[point]]command or a [[point*]] simply by inspecting the very
next token. Note that there must be no blank spaces between the token
[[point]] and the star symbol. Next, we get the point name: remember that
the point name is surrounded by parentheses. In case we don't find a valid
point name we issue an error message and continue with the next line of
input. Suppose the point name was a valid one. If we have a [[point*]]
command we must ensure that the this particular point name has been defined.
If we have a [[point]] command we must ensure that this particular point
name has not been defined. Point names are stored in the hash [[%PointTable]].
We are now ready to process the coordinates part and the optional
plot symbol part.

<<process <tt>point/point*</tt> commands>>=
     my ($pointStar, $PointName, $origPN);
     $pointStar = 0; # default value: he have a point command
     $pointStar = 1 if s/^\*//;
     chk_lparen("point" . (($pointStar)?"*":""),$lc);
     if (s/^([^\W\d_](?![^\W\d_])\d{0,4})//i) {
     #
     # Note: the regular expression (foo)(?!bar) means that we are
     # looking a foo not followed by a bar. Moreover, the regular
     # expression [^\W\d_] means that we are looking for letter.
     #
       $origPN = $1;
       $PointName = lc($1);
     }
     else {
       PrintErrorMessage("Invalid point name",$lc);
       next LINE;
     }
     #if ($pointStar and !exists($PointTable{$PointName})) {
     #  PrintWarningMessage("Point $origPN has not been defined",$lc);       
     #}
     if (!$pointStar and exists($PointTable{$PointName})) {
        PrintWarningMessage("Point $origPN has been used already",$lc);
     }
     chk_rparen("point" . (($pointStar)?"*":""). "($origPN",$lc);
     chk_lcb("point" . (($pointStar)?"*":""). "($origPN)",$lc);
     my ($Px, $Py);
     <<process coordinates>>
     chk_rcb("coordinates part",$lc);
     my $sv = $defaultsymbol;
     my $sh = $defaultLFradius;
     my $side_or_radius = undef;
     if (s/^\[\s*//) { # the user has opted to specify the optional part
        <<process optional point shape part>>
        chk_rsb("optional part",$lc);
     }
     # to avoid truncation problems introduced by the pack function, we
     # round each number up to five decimal digits
     $Px = sprintf("%.5f", $Px);
     $Py = sprintf("%.5f", $Py);
     print OUT "%% point$Point_Line \t$origPN = ($Px, $Py)\n" if $comments_on;
     chk_comment($lc);
     $PointTable{$PointName} = pack("d3A*",$Px,$Py,$sh,$sv);
     if (defined($side_or_radius)) {
       $DimOfPoint{$PointName} = $side_or_radius;
     } 

@ In this section we parse the [[Coordinates]] part of the [[point]] command.
The complete syntax of the [[Coordinates]] part follows:
<pre>
Coordinates ::= Variable                                             |
                Distance "," Distance                                |
                "midpoint" "(" Point-Name Point-Name ")"             |
                "pointOnLine" "(" Two-Points "," Distance ")"        |
                "intersection" "(" Two-Points "," Two-Points ")"     |
                "perpendicular" "(" Point-Name "," Two-Points ")"    |
                "circumCircleCenter" "(" Three-Points ")             |
                "incircleCenter" "(" Three-Points ")"                |
                "excircleCenter" "(" Three-Points "," Two-Points ")" |
                 Point-Name [ "," Modifier ]

Modifier ::= "shift" "(" Distance "," Distance ")"                   |
             "polar" "(" Distance, Distance [ "deg" | "rad" ] ")"    |
             "rotate" "(" Point-Name, Distance [ "deg" | "rad" ] ")" |
             "vector" "(" Two-Points ")"

Distance ::= expression

Two-Points ::= Point-Name Point-Name

Three-Points ::= Point-Name Two-Points
</pre>
We now briefly explain the functionality of each option:
<ul>
<li>midpoint(AB): the midpoint between points A and B</li>
<li>pointOnLine(AB,d): point at distance d from A towards B</li>
<li>intersection(AB,CD): intersection of lines defined by AB and CD</li>
<li>perpendicular(A,BC): point of the foot of the perpendicular from A to line BC</li>
<li>circumCircleCenter(ABC): center of circumcircle of triangle ABC</li>
<li>incircleCenter(ABC):center of incircle of triangle ABC</li>
<li>excircleCenter(ABC,BC): center of excircle of triangle ABC, touching
side BC</li>
<li>A, shift(x,y): Point displaced from A by x and y along the X and Y
axes</li>
<li>A, polar(r,d): Point displaced from A by distance r in direction d</li>
<li>A, rotate(B,d): Rotate A about B by d</li>
</ul>
We now explain how the following piece of code operates. In case the first
token is a number, we assume that the coordinates are specified by a
number and another number, a variable or a pair of points. So, we check
whether there is a comma and use the subroutine [[ComputeDist]] to get the
second coordinate. In case the next token is one of the words
[[perpendicular]], [[intersection]], [[midpoint]], [[pointonline]],
[[circumcircleCenter]], [[IncircleCenter]], or [[ExcircleCenter]]
we consume the corresponding token and process the corresponding case.
In case the first two tokens are two identifiers, then we assume that we
have a pair of numbers. We compute their distance, check whether there is
a leading comma and compute the y-coordinate by calling subroutine
[[ComputeDist]]. In case the next token is a single identifier, we store
its name in the variable [[$PointA]]. If this identifier is a defined point name,
we check whether the next token is a comma. In case it is, we check whether
he token after the comma is either the token [[shift]], [[polar]], or
[[rotate]] and process each case accordingly. If it is
none of these tokens we issue an error message and continue with the next
input line. Now, if the token after the identifier isn't a comma, we assume
that the coordinates of the point will be identical to those of the point
whose name has been stored in the variable [[$PointA]]. If the identifier is a
variable name, we assume that the x-coordinate is the value of this variable.
We check whether the next token is a comma, and compute the y-coordinate by
calling the subroutine [[ComputeDist]]. The x-coordinate is stored in the variable
[[$Px]] and the y-coordinate in the variable [[$Py]].

<<process coordinates>>=
       if (s/^perpendicular(?=\W)//i) {
         <<process <tt>perpendicular</tt> case>>
       }
       elsif (s/^intersection(?=\W)//i) {
         <<process <tt>intersection</tt> case>>
       }
       elsif (s/^midpoint(?=\W)//i) {
         <<process <tt>midpoint</tt> case>>
       }
       elsif (s/^pointonline(?=\W)//i) {
         <<process <tt>pointonline</tt> case>>
       }
       elsif (s/^circumcircleCenter(?=\W)//i) {
         <<process <tt>circumcircleCenter</tt> case>>
       }
       elsif (s/^IncircleCenter(?=\W)//i) {
         <<process <tt>IncircleCenter</tt> case>>
       }
       elsif (s/^ExcircleCenter(?=\W)//i) {
         <<process <tt>ExcircleCenter</tt> case>>
       }
       elsif (/^[^\W\d_]\d{0,4}\s*[^,\w]/) {
         m/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})\s*/i;
         if (exists($PointTable{lc($1)})) {         
           my $Tcoord = get_point($lc);
           my ($x,$y,$pSV,$pS)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$Tcoord});
           $Px = $x;
           $Py = $y;
         }
         else {
           $Px = expr();
           chk_comma($lc);
           $Py = expr();
         }
       }
       elsif (/[^\W\d_]\d{0,4}\s*,\s*shift|polar|rotate|vector/i) { #a point?
         s/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})//i;
         my $PointA = $1;
         if (exists($PointTable{lc($PointA)})) {
           s/\s*//;
           if (s/^,//) {
             s/\s*//;
             if (s/^shift(?=\W)//i) {
               <<process <tt>shift</tt> case>>
             }
             elsif (s/^polar(?=\W)//i) {
               <<process <tt>polar</tt> case>>
             }
             elsif (s/^rotate(?=\W)//i) {
               <<process <tt>rotate</tt> case>>
             }
             elsif (s/^vector(?=\W)//i) {
               <<process <tt>vector</tt> case>>
             }
             else {
               PrintErrorMessage("unexpected token",$lc);
               next LINE;
             }
           }
           else {
             my ($xA,$yA,$pSVA,$pSA)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($PointA)});
             $Px = $xA;
             $Py = $yA;
           }
         }
         else {
           PrintErrorMessage("Undefined point $PointA",$lc);
           next LINE;
         }
       }
       else {
         $Px = expr();
         chk_comma($lc);
         $Py = expr();
       }

@ In the following piece of code we process the [[perpendicular]]
case of the [[point]] specification. We first check whether there is an
opening left parenthesis. Next, we get the first point name. In case
there is no point name, we simply abandon the processing of this
line and continue with the next one. Then we see whether there is
a trailing comma. Omitting this token yields a non-fatal error.
Then we get two more points. As before, if we can't find any of these
points this yields a fatal-error. Note, that each time we check that the
point names correspond to existing point names. Then, we call subroutine
[[perpendicular]] to calculate the coordinates of the point.

<<process <tt>perpendicular</tt> case>>=
          chk_lparen("perpendicular",$lc);
          my $FirstPoint = &get_point($lc);
          next LINE if $FirstPoint eq "_undef_";
          chk_comma($lc);
          my $SecondPoint = &get_point($lc);
          next LINE if $SecondPoint eq "_undef_";
          my $ThirdPoint = &get_point($lc);
          next LINE if $ThirdPoint eq "_undef_";
          chk_rparen("No closing parenthesis found",$lc);
          my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$FirstPoint});
          my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$SecondPoint});
          my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$ThirdPoint});
          ($Px, $Py) = perpendicular($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$x3,$y3);

@ In the following piece of code we process the [[intersection]] case of the
[[point]] specification. We get the four point names and if there is
no error we compute the intersection point by calling subroutine
[[intersection]].

<<process <tt>intersection</tt> case>>=
           chk_lparen("intersection",$lc);
           my $FirstPoint = get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $FirstPoint eq "_undef_";
           my $SecondPoint = get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $SecondPoint eq "_undef_";
           chk_comma($lc);
           my $ThirdPoint = get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $ThirdPoint eq "_undef_";
           my $ForthPoint = get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $ForthPoint eq "_undef_";
           chk_rparen("No closing parenthesis found",$lc);
           my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$FirstPoint});
           my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$SecondPoint});
           my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$ThirdPoint});
           my ($x4,$y4,$pSV4,$pS4)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$ForthPoint});
           ($Px, $Py) = intersection4points($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$x3,$y3,$x4,$y4);


@ Given two points A and B, the midpoint option computes the coordinates
of a third point that lies on the middle of the line segment defined by
these two points. We get the the two points, and then we compute the
coordinates of the midpoint with function [[midpoint]].

<<process <tt>midpoint</tt> case>>=
          chk_lparen("midpoint",$lc);
          my $FirstPoint = &get_point($lc);
          next LINE if $FirstPoint eq "_undef_";
          my $SecondPoint = &get_point($lc);
          next LINE if $SecondPoint eq "_undef_";
          chk_rparen("No closing parenthesis found",$lc);
          my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$FirstPoint});
          my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$SecondPoint});
          ($Px, $Py) = midpoint($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2);

@ Given two points A and B and length d, the [[PointOnLine]] option
computes the coordinates of a point that lies d units in the direction from
A towards B. We first get the coordinates of the two points that define
the line and then we get the distance, which can be a number, a variable,
or a pair of points.

<<process <tt>pointonline</tt> case>>=
          chk_lparen("pointonline",$lc);
          my $FirstPoint = &get_point($lc);
          next LINE if $FirstPoint eq "_undef_";
          my $SecondPoint = &get_point($lc);
          next LINE if $SecondPoint eq "_undef_";
          chk_comma($lc);
          # now get the distance
          my $distance = expr($lc);
          chk_rparen("No closing parenthesis found",$lc);
          my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$FirstPoint});
          my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$SecondPoint});
          ($Px, $Py) = pointOnLine($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$distance);

@ The [[circumcircleCenter]] is used when one wants to compute the coordinates
of the center of circle that passes through the three points
of a triangle defined
by the three arguments of the option. All we do is get the coordinates
of the three points and then we call the subroutine [[circumCircleCenter]]
to compute the center.

<<process <tt>circumcircleCenter</tt> case>>=
           chk_lparen("circumCircleCenter",$lc);
           my $FirstPoint = &get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $FirstPoint eq "_undef_";
           my $SecondPoint = &get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $SecondPoint eq "_undef_";
           my $ThirdPoint = &get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $ThirdPoint eq "_undef_";
           chk_rparen("No closing parenthesis found",$lc);
           my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$FirstPoint});
           my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$SecondPoint});
           my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$ThirdPoint});
           ($Px, $Py,$r) = &circumCircleCenter($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$x3,$y3,$lc);
           next LINE if $Px == 0 and $Py == 0 and $r == 0;

@ The [[IncircleCenter]] option is to determine the coordinates of a point
that is the center of circle that internally touches the sides
of a triangle defined by three given points.
The coordinates are computed by the subroutine [[IncircleCenter]].

<<process <tt>IncircleCenter</tt> case>>=
           chk_lparen("IncircleCenter",$lc);
           my $FirstPoint = &get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $FirstPoint eq "_undef_";
           my $SecondPoint = &get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $SecondPoint eq "_undef_";
           my $ThirdPoint = &get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $ThirdPoint eq "_undef_";
           chk_rparen("No closing parenthesis found",$lc);
           my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$FirstPoint});
           my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$SecondPoint});
           my ($x3,$y3,$pSV3,$pS3)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$ThirdPoint});
           ($Px, $Py, $r) = IncircleCenter($x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$x3,$y3);

@ The [[ExcircleCenter]] option is used to define the coordinates of point
that is the center of an excircle of a triangle. We first check
whether there is an opening left parenthesis. Next, we get the names of the
three points that define the triangle. Then, we
check whether there is a comma. Now we get the names of the two points that
define one side of the triangle. We check whether the two points we
get are of the set of the triangle points. If not we issue
an error message and continue with the next input line. Then we make sure
that these two points are not identical. We compute the actual
coordinates by calling the subroutine [[excircle]]. Finally, we
make sure there is a closing right parenthesis.

<<process <tt>ExcircleCenter</tt> case>>=
           chk_lparen("ExcircleCenter",$lc);
           my $PointA = get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $PointA eq "_undef_";
           my $PointB = get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $PointB eq "_undef_";
           my $PointC = get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $PointC eq "_undef_";
           chk_comma($lc);
           my $PointD = &get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $PointD eq "_undef_";
           if (!memberOf($PointD, $PointA, $PointB, $PointC)) {
             PrintErrorMessage("Current point isn't a side point",$lc);
             next LINE;
           }
           my $PointE = get_point($lc);
           next LINE if $PointE eq "_undef_";
           if (!memberOf($PointE, $PointA, $PointB, $PointC)) {
             PrintErrorMessage("Current point isn't a side point",$lc);
             next LINE;
           }
           if ($PointD eq $PointE) {
             PrintErrorMessage("Side points are identical",$lc);
             next LINE;
           }
           ($Px, $Py, $r) = excircle($PointA, $PointB, $PointC,
                                      $PointD, $PointE);
           chk_rparen("after coordinates part",$lc);

@  The [[shift]] option allows us to define a point's coordinates relative
to the coordinates of an existing point by using two shift parameters. Each
parameter can be either a float, a variable name, or a pair of points.

<<process <tt>shift</tt> case>>=

          chk_lparen("shift",$lc);
          my $dist1 = expr($lc);
          chk_comma($lc);
          my $dist2 = expr($lc);
          my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($PointA)});
          $Px = $x1 + $dist1;
          $Py = $y1 + $dist2;
          chk_rparen("shift part",$lc);

@ The [[polar]] option allows us to define a point's coordinates relative
to the coordinates of an existing point using the polar coordinates of some
other point. We first check whether there is a left parenthesis,
Then we parse the various parts of the [[polar]] option.
In case the user has specified the angle in degrees, we have
to transform it into radians, as all trigonometric function expect their
arguments to be radians. Next, we compute the coordinates of the point.
We conclude by checking whether there is a closing parenthesis.

<<process <tt>polar</tt> case>>=
          chk_lparen("polar",$lc);
          my ($R1, $Theta1);
          $R1 = expr($lc);
          chk_comma($lc);
          $Theta1 = expr($lc);
          my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($PointA)});
          s/\s*//;
          if (s/^rad(?=\W)//i) {
             # do nothing!
          }
          elsif (s/^deg(?=\W)//i) {
            $Theta1 = $Theta1 * PI / 180;
          }
          else {
            #$Theta1 = $Theta1 * PI / 180; 
          }
          $Px = $x1 + $R1 * cos($Theta1);
          $Py = $y1 + $R1 * sin($Theta1);
          chk_rparen("after polar part",$lc);

@ The [[rotate]] option allows us to define a point's coordinates by
rotating an existing point, Q, about a third point, P, by a
specified angle.
The method to achieve this is to first get the coordinates of points
P and Q and then
<ol>
<li> translate origin to P</li>
<li> rotate about P</li>
<li> translate from P back to origin, etc</li>
</ol>
As in the case of the [[polar]] option, we check for an opening parenthesis.
Next, we parse the point name and the angle. At this point we are able to
compute the coordinates of the rotated point. We conclude by checking
whether there is a closing parenthesis.

<<process <tt>rotate</tt> case>>=
          chk_lparen("rotate",$lc);
          my $Q = lc($PointA);
          my $P = get_point($lc);
          next LINE if $P eq "_undef_";
          chk_comma($lc);
          my $Theta1 = expr($lc);
          my ($xP,$yP,$pSV1,$pS1)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P});
          my ($xQ,$yQ,$pSV2,$pS2)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$Q});
          s/\s*//;
          if (s/^rad(?=\W)//i)
          {
             # do nothing!
          }
          elsif (s/^deg(?=\W)//i)
          {
              $Theta1 = $Theta1 * PI / 180;
          }
          else
          {
              $Theta1 = $Theta1 * PI / 180;
          }
          # shift origin to P
          $xQ -= $xP;
          $yQ -= $yP;
          # do the rotation
          $Px = $xQ * cos($Theta1) - $yQ * sin($Theta1);
          $Py = $xQ * sin($Theta1) + $yQ * cos($Theta1);
          # return origin back to original origin
          $Px += $xP;
          $Py += $yP;
          chk_rparen("after rotate part",$lc);

@  [[vector(PQ)]]  is actually is a shorthand of [[shift(xQ-xP,yQ-yP)]]. Thus, it
is implemented by borrowing code from the [[shift]] modifier. 

<<process <tt>vector</tt> case>>=
          chk_lparen("vector",$lc);
          my ($x0,$y0,$pSV0,$pS0) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{lc($PointA)});
          my $P = get_point($lc);
          my $Q = get_point($lc);
          my ($x1,$y1,$pSV1,$pS1) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$P});
          my ($x2,$y2,$pSV2,$pS2) = unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$Q});
          $Px = $x0 + $x2 - $x1;
          $Py = $y0 + $y2 - $y1;
          chk_rparen("vector part",$lc);


@  When lines are drawn to a point, the line will (unless otherwise
specified) extend to the point location. However, this can be prevented by
allocating an optional circular line-free zone to a point by specifying the
radius (in square brackets) of the optional point shape part. Currently, in this part
we are allowed to describe the point shape and the radius value. If only the
radius is specified, e.g., <tt>[radius=5]</tt>, then the line-free zone will be
applied to the default point character, i.e., <tt>$\bullet$</tt> or whatever it
has been set to. Here is the syntax we employ:
<pre>
Optional_point_shape_part ::= "[" [ symbol_part ] [","] [ radius_part ]"
symbol_part               ::= "symbol" "=" symbol
symbol                    ::= "circle" "(" expression ")" | 
                              "square" "(" expression ")" | 
                              LaTeX_Code
radius_part               ::= "radius" "=" expression
</pre>
Note that it is possible to have right square bracket in the <tt>LaTeX_Code</tt> but it 
has to be escaped (i.e., <tt>\]</tt>).

<<process optional point shape part>>=
          if (/^(symbol|radius|side)\s*/i) {
            my @previous_options = ();
            my $number_of_options = 1;
            my $symbol_set = 0;        
            while (s/^(symbol|radius)\s*//i and $number_of_options <= 2) {
              my $option = lc($1);
              if (s/^=\s*//) {
                if (memberOf($option,@previous_options)) {
                  PrintErrorMessage("Option \"$option\" has been already defined", $lc);
                  my $dummy = expr($lc);
                } 
                elsif ($option eq "radius") {
                  $sh = expr($lc);
                  $sv = $defaultsymbol if ! $symbol_set;
                }
                elsif ($option eq "symbol") {
                  if (s/^circle\s*//i) {
                    $sv = "circle";
                    chk_lparen("after token circle",$lc);
                    $side_or_radius = expr($lc);
                    chk_rparen("expression",$lc);
                  }
                  elsif (s/^square\s*//i) {
                    $sv = "square";
                    chk_lparen("after token square",$lc);
                    $side_or_radius = expr($lc);
                    chk_rparen("expression",$lc);
                  }
                  elsif (s/^(((\\\]){1}|(\\,){1}|(\\\s){1}|[^\],\s])+)//) {
                    $sv = $1;
                    $sv =~ s/\\\]/\]/g;
                    $sv =~ s/\\,/,/g;
                    $sv =~ s/\\ / /g;
                    s/\s*//;
                  }
                  $symbol_set = 1;
                }
              }
              else {
                PrintErrorMessage("unexpected token", $lc);
                next LINE;
              }
              $number_of_options++;
              push (@previous_options, $option);
              s/^,\s*//;
            }
          }
          else {
            PrintErrorMessage("unexpected token", $lc);
            next LINE;
          }

@ The [[ArrowShape]] command has either one or three arguments. If the only argument of
the command is the token [[default]], then the parameters associated with the
arrow shape resume their default values. Now, if there are three arguments, these are
used to specify the shape of an arrow. The command actually sets the three global variables
[[$arrowLength]], [[$arrowAngleB]] and [[$arrowAngleC]]. Arguments whose value is equal
to zero, do not affect the value of the corresponding global variables. To reset the
values of the global variables one should use the commane with [[default]] as it
only argument. The syntax of the command is as follows:
<center>
<tt>"ArrowShape" "(" expr  [ units ] "," expr "," expr ")"</tt> or<br>
<tt>"ArrowShape" "(" "default" ")"                        </tt>
</center>>
Here [[units]] is any valid TeX unit (e.g., "mm", "cm", etc.). Note that if
any of the three expressions is equal to zero, the default value is taken
instead. As direct consequence, if the value of the first expression is zero,
the units part is actually ignored.

<<process <tt>ArrowShape</tt> command>>=

        chk_lparen("$cmd",$lc);
        if (s/^default//i) {
          $arrowLength = 2;
          $arrowLengthUnits = "mm";
          $arrowAngleB = 30;
          $arrowAngleC = 40;
        }
        else {
          my ($LocalArrowLength, $LocalArrowAngleB ,$LocalArrowAngleC) = (0,0,0);
          $LocalArrowLength = expr($lc);
          if (s/^\s*($units)//i) {
            $arrowLengthUnits = "$1";
          }
          else {
            $xunits =~ /(\d+(\.\d+)?)\s*($units)/;
            $LocalArrowLength *= $1;
            $arrowLengthUnits = "$3";
          }
          chk_comma($lc);
          $LocalArrowAngleB = expr($lc);
          chk_comma($lc);
          $LocalArrowAngleC = expr($lc);
          $arrowLength = ($LocalArrowLength == 0 ? 2  : $LocalArrowLength);
          $arrowLengthUnits = ($LocalArrowLength == 0 ? "mm" : $arrowLengthUnits);
          $arrowAngleB = ($LocalArrowAngleB == 0 ? 30 : $LocalArrowAngleB);
          $arrowAngleC = ($LocalArrowAngleC == 0 ? 40 : $LocalArrowAngleC);
        }
        chk_rparen("after $cmd arguments",$lc);
        chk_comment("after $cmd command",$lc);
        print OUT "%% arrowLength = $arrowLength$arrowLengthUnits, ",
                  "arrowAngleB = $arrowAngleB ",
                  "and arrowAngleC = $arrowAngleC\n" if $comments_on;

@ The [[PointSymbol]] command is used to set the point symbol and possibly its
line-free radius. The point symbol can be either a LaTeX symbol or the word [[default]] 
which corresponds to the default point symbol, i.e., <tt>$\bullet$</tt>. The line-free
radius can be an expression. Here is the complete syntax:
<pre>
      pointsymbol ::= "pointsymbol" ( symbol [ "," radius])
      symbol      ::= "default" | circle | square | LaTeX_Code
      circle      ::= "circle" "(" expression ")"
      square      ::= "square" "(" expression ")"
      radius      ::= expression
</pre>
Note that the <tt>LaTeX_Code</tt> can contain the symbols <tt>\,</tt> and 
<tt>\)</tt> which are escape sequences for a comma and right parenthesis, respectively.

<<process <tt>PointSymbol</tt> command>>=

        chk_lparen("$cmd",$lc);
        if (s/^default//i) #default point symbol
        {
           $defaultsymbol = "\$\\bullet\$";
        }
        elsif (s/^(circle|square)//i) {
          $defaultsymbol = $1;
          chk_lparen($defaultsymbol, $lc);
          $GlobalDimOfPoints = expr($lc);
          chk_rparen("expression", $lc);          
        }
        elsif (s/^(((\\,){1}|(\\\)){1}|(\\\s){1}|[^\),\s])+)//) #arbitrary LaTeX point
        {
           $defaultsymbol = $1;
           $defaultsymbol=~ s/\\\)/\)/g;
           $defaultsymbol=~ s/\\,/,/g;
           $defaultsymbol=~ s/\\ / /g;
        }
        else
        {
           PrintErrorMessage("unrecognized point symbol",$lc);
        }
        if (s/\s*,\s*//) {
          $defaultLFradius = expr($lc);
        }
        chk_rparen("after $cmd arguments",$lc);
        chk_comment("after $cmd command",$lc);

@ The [[system]] command provides a shell escape. However, we use a subroutine
to check whether the argument of the command contains tainted data. If this
is the case, then we simply ignore this command. The syntax of the command
is as follows:
<pre>
    system-cmd ::= "system" "(" string ")"
</pre>
where string is just a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks.
We start by parsing a left parenthesis and then we get the command by
calling the subroutine [[get_string]]. If there is an error we skip this
command. Otherwise, we assign to the variable [[$_]] what is left. Now we check
if the variable [[$command]] contains any tainted data. If it doesn't, we
execute the command, otherwise we print an error message and skip to the
next input line. Next, we check for closing right parenthesis and a possible
trailing comment.

<<process <tt>system</tt> command>>=

     chk_lparen("$cmd",$lc);
     my ($error, $command, $rest) = get_string($_);
     next LINE if $error == 1;
     $_ = $rest;
     if (! is_tainted($command)) {
        system($command);
     }
     else {
        PrintErrorMessage("String \"$command\" has tainted data", $lc);
        next LINE;
     }
     chk_rparen("after $cmd arguments",$lc);
     chk_comment("after $cmd command",$lc);

@ The [[text]] command is used to put a piece of text or a symbol on
a particular point of the resulting graph. The syntax of the command is
as follows:
<pre>
   text-comm ::= "text" "(" text ")" "{"coords"} "[" pos-code "]"
   text ::= ascii string
   coords ::= Coord "," Coord |
              Point-Name "," "shift" "(" Coord "," Coord ")" |
              Point-Name "," "polar" "(" Coord "," Coord  [angle-unit] ")"
   Coord ::= decimal number | variable | pair-of-Point-Names
   pair-of-Point-Names ::= Point-Name Point-Name
   angle-unit ::= "deg" | "rad"
   pos-code ::= lr-code [tb-code] | tb-code [lr-code]
   lr-code ::= "l" | "r"
   tb-code ::=  "t" | "b" | "B"
</pre>
Initially, we parse the [[text]]. Since the text may contain parentheses
we assume that the user enters pairs of matching parentheses. Note, that
this is a flaw in the original design of the language, which may be remedied
in future releases of the software. Then, we check the [[coords]] part. Next,
if there is a left square bracket, we assume the user has specified the
[[pos-code]]. We conclude by checking a possible trailing comment.
The next thing we do is to generate the PiCTeX code. The two possible
forms follow:
<center>
<tt>\put {TEXT} [POS] at Px Py</tt><br>
<tt>\put {TEXT} at Px Py</tt><br>
</center>

<<process <tt>text</tt> command>>=

        chk_lparen("text",$lc);
        my ($level,$text)=(1,"");
        TEXTLOOP: while (1)
        {
          $level++ if /^\(/;
          $level-- if /^\)/;
          s/^(.)//;
          last TEXTLOOP if $level==0;
          $text .= $1;
        }
        chk_lcb("text part",$lc);
        my ($Px, $Py,$dummy,$pos);
        $pos="";
        s/\s*//;
        <<process coordinates part of text command>>
        chk_rcb("coordinates part of text command",$lc);
        if (s/^\[//)
        {
          s/\s*//;
          <<process optional part of text command>>
          s/\s*//;
          chk_rsb("optional part of text command",$lc);
        }
        chk_comment($lc);
        if ($pos eq "")
        {
           printf OUT "\\put {%s} at %f %f\n", $text, $Px, $Py;
        }
        else
        {
           printf OUT "\\put {%s} [%s] at %f %f\n", $text, $pos, $Px, $Py;
        }

@  In this section we define the code that handles the coordinates part
of the [[text]] command. The code just implements the grammar given above.
If the first token is a number, we assume this is the x-coordinate. If
it is a variable, we assume its value is the x-coordinate. However, if
it is a point name, we check whether the next token is another point name.
In this case we compute the distance between the two points. In case we
have a single point followed by a comma, we expect to have either a polar
or a shift part, which we process the same we processed them in the point
command.

<<process coordinates part of text command>>=

  if (/^[^\W\d_]\d{0,4}\s*[^,\w]/) {
    my $Tcoord = get_point($lc);
    my ($x,$y,$pSV,$pS)=unpack("d3A*",$PointTable{$Tcoord});
    $Px = $x;
    $Py = $y;
  }
  elsif (/[^\W\d_]\d{0,4}\s*,\s*shift|polar/i) {
    s/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})//i;
    my $PointA = $1;
    if (exists($PointTable{lc($PointA)})) {
      s/\s*//;
      if (s/^,//) {
        s/\s*//;
        if (s/^shift(?=\W)//i) {
          <<process <tt>shift</tt> case>>
        }
        elsif (s/^polar(?=\W)//i) {
          <<process <tt>polar</tt> case>>
        }
      }
    }
    else {
      PrintErrorMessage("undefined point/var",$lc);
      next LINE;
    }
  }
  else {
    $Px = expr();
    chk_comma($lc);
    $Py = expr();
  }

@ In this section we process the optional part of the [[text]] command.
The general rule is that we are allowed to have up to two options one
from the characters [[l]] and [[r]] and one from the the characters
[[B]], [[b]], and [[t]]. We first check whether the next character is
letter, if it isn't we issue an error message and continue with the next
input line. If it is a letter we check whether it belongs to one of the
two groups and if it doesn't we issue an error message and continue with the
next input line. If the next character belongs to first group, i.e., it is
either [[l]] or [[r]], we store this character into the variable [[$pos]]. Next,
we check whether there is another letter. If it is a letter, we store it
in the variable [[$np]]. Now we make sure that this character belongs to the
other group, i.e., it is either [[b]], [[B]], or [[t]]. In case it belongs
to the other group, we append the value of [[$np]] to the string stored in
the variable [[$pos]]. Otherwise we issue an error message and continue with the
next input line. We work similarly for the other case. In order to check
whether a character belongs to some group of characters, we use the user
defined function [[memberOf]].

<<process optional part of text command>>=

  if (s/^(\w{1})\s*//) {
    $pos .= $1;
    if (memberOf($pos, "l", "r")) {
      if (s/^(\w{1})\s*//) {
        my $np = $1;
        if (memberOf($np, "t", "b", "B")) {
          $pos .= $np;
        }
        else {
          if (memberOf($np, "l", "r")) {
             PrintErrorMessage("$np can't follow 'l' or 'r'", $lc);
          }
          else {
            PrintErrorMessage("$np is not a valid positioning option", $lc);
          }
          next LINE;
        }
      }
    }
    elsif (memberOf($pos, "t", "b", "B")) {
      if (s/^(\w{1})\s*//) {
        my $np = $1;
        if (memberOf($np, "l", "r")) {
          $pos .= $np;
        }
        else {
          if (memberOf($np, "t", "b", "B")) {
             PrintErrorMessage("$np can't follow 't', 'b', or 'B'", $lc);
          }
          else {
            PrintErrorMessage("$np is not a valid positioning option", $lc);
          }
          next LINE;
        }
      }
    }
    else {
      PrintErrorMessage("$pos is not a valid positioning option", $lc);
      next LINE;
    }
  }
  else {
    PrintErrorMessage("illegal token in optional part of text command",$lc);
    next LINE;
  }

@ The [[const]] command is used to store values into a comma separated
list of named constants. Constant names have the same format as point names,
i.e., they start with a letter and are followed by up to two digits. The
whole operation is performed by a [[do-while]] construct that checks that
there is a valid constant name, a [[=]] sign, and an expression. The
[[do-while]] construct terminates if the next token isn't a comma. Variable
[[$Constname]] is used to store the initial variable name, while we store
in variable [[$varname]] the lowercase version of the variable name. In addition,
we make sure a constant is not redefined (or else it wouldn't be a constant:-).
The last thing we do is to check whether there is a trailing comment.
In case there, we simply ignore itl; otherwise we print a warning message.

<<process <tt>const</tt> command>>=
    do{
      s/\s*//;
      PrintErrorMessage("no identifier found after token const",$lc)
        if $_ !~ s/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})//i;
      my $Constname = $1;
      my $constname = lc($Constname);
      if (exists $ConstTable{$constname}) {
        PrintErrorMessage("Redefinition of constant $constname",$lc);
      }
      s/\s*//; #remove leading white space
      PrintErrorMessage("did not find expected = sign",$lc)
        if $_ !~ s/^[=]//i;
      my $val = expr($lc);
      $VarTable{$constname} = $val;
      $ConstTable{$constname} = 1;
      print OUT "%% $Constname = $val\n" if $comments_on;
    }while (s/^,//);
    chk_comment($lc);
    s/\s*//;
    if (/^[^%]/) {
      PrintWarningMessage("Trailing text is ignored",$lc);
    }

@ The [[var]] command is used to store values into a comma separated
list of named variables. Variable names have the same format as point names,
i.e., they start with a letter and are followed by up to two digits. The
whole operation is performed by a [[do-while]] construct that checks that
there is a valid variable name, a [[=]] sign, and an expression. The
[[do-while]] construct terminates if the next token isn't a comma. The variable
[[$Varname]] is used to store the initial variable name, while we store
in the variable [[$varname]] the lowercase version of the variable name.
The last thing we do is to check whether there is a trailing comment.
In case there, we simply ignore itl; otherwise we print a warning message.

<<process <tt>var</tt> command>>=
    do{
      s/\s*//;
      PrintErrorMessage("no identifier found after token var",$lc)
        if $_ !~ s/^([^\W\d_]\d{0,4})//i;
      my $Varname = $1;
      my $varname = lc($Varname);
      if (exists $ConstTable{$varname}) {
        PrintErrorMessage("Redefinition of constant $varname",$lc);
      }
      s/\s*//; #remove leading white space
      PrintErrorMessage("did not find expected = sign",$lc)
        if $_ !~ s/^[=]//i;
      my $val = expr($lc);
      $VarTable{$varname} = $val;
      print OUT "%% $Varname = $val\n" if $comments_on;
    }while (s/^,//);
    chk_comment($lc);
    s/\s*//;
    if (/^[^%]/) {
      PrintWarningMessage("Trailing text is ignored",$lc);
    }