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Re: Drawing ellipses with arbitrary orientation???

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From: M.Pflueger
Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 00:00
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In article <youngn-2604961738520001@158.234.17.99>
youngn@logica.com (Nicholas Young) writes:
 
>
>In article <4lnh15$4mo@newshost.uni-koblenz.de>, lothi@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
>
>> we are looking for a X-window routine (or any compatible graphics
>> function) to draw an ellipse with _arbitrary_ orientation.
>>
>> (XDrawArc only seems to support ellipses with axisses parallel to
>>  the horizontal and vertical coordinate-axisses ...)
>
>That is all it does support.  You'll either have to do it yourself client
>side and use an image, or find a graphics display package that does it for
>you.  Or if you have the DPS extension that might work.
>
The xfig-package contains the routine you are looking for.
I believe you can get the source from ftp.x.org in
/contrib/applications/drawing_tools or /graphics
xpressed are mine. Please mail anything important; if you have
M.Pflueger
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From: UMV801@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de(M.Pflueger)
Subject: Re: Drawing ellipses with arbitrary orientation???
Date: 1996/05/08
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