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delahunt@adobe.com (Jim DeLaHunt) writes:

>In article <4eVm0Lq00awAMCPkkW@andrew.cmu.edu> am2q+@andrew.cmu.edu 
>(Andrew Newell Mickish) writes:
>>I need a strategy for printing polygons with an arbitrary number of
>>vertices.  So I guess the question comes down to how do I deal with a 
>>very large number of parameters to a function?

>In general, write your script in such a way that it the interpreter
>consumes code as soon as it receives it.  For instance, don't do
>  143.2 246.0 .... (1000 coordinate pairs in reverse order here)
>  1000 {moveto} repeat 

>Send the coordinates and consume them at once.
>  143.2 246.0 lineto 141.59 240.0 lineto ... (998 more "x y lineto" sets)

>If you are concerned about data size, then define an abbreviation for 
>"lineto".  You can also reduce data size by sending the difference between
>coordinates, and by eliminating insignificant digits etc.
>  % in prolog
>  /l /lineto load def	/r /rlineto load def
>  % in script
>  143.2 246.0 l -1.41 -6 r ... (998 more "x y r" sets)

>>Thanks,
>>
>>--Andrew Mickish

>You're welcome!
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But what happens if the length of the polygon becomes too large? If you only want to plot it, you can "stroke" it and everything is ok. How to proceeed when you want to FILL it???

thanks

Andi


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