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From: Arrigo Benedetti
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 09:27
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 09:27
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In article <naren.715023446@menaik> naren@cs.UAlberta.CA (Narendra Ravi) writes: > In an earlier article I write: > > : LaTeX picture environment limits the slopes for lines. But the PIC > : language provides a decent mechanism for drawing lines of any slope in the > : troff environment. Is there something similar in LaTeX? > > : I will summarize if I get additional information via email. > > : Thanks, > > : -- Naren > : Narendra Ra[a]vi Email : naren@cs.ualberta.ca > > I received email indicating the following solutions. > > 1. EEpic macros which can draw lines of any slope. The limitation being > the slope has to be specified as integers. > > 2. Using xy-pic which allows line slopes of the order of 0.7 > > 3. Using bezier.sty and giving appropriate control points for generating > lines. > Where can I find the said macros? Thanks, -arrigo -- Arrigo Benedetti e-mail: arrigo@cube.sublink.org (preferred) University of Bologna benedett@deis01.cineca.it undergraduate student (EECS) Via S. Agata, 11 Tel: (home) +39 59 224929 41100 Modena - Italy (office) +39 59 216688 (fax) +39 59 220727
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!modus!gear!cube!arrigo From: arrigo@cube.sublink.org (Arrigo Benedetti) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: PIC type line slopes in LaTeX Message-ID: <1992Sep1.092720.1738@cube.sublink.org> Date: 1 Sep 92 09:27:20 GMT Sender: arrigo@cube.sublink.org Reply-To: arrigo@cube.sublink.org Organization: Arrigo Benedetti Lines: 37