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Article #38322Re: Drawing ellipses with arbitrary orientation???
From: M.Pflueger
Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 00:00
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 >"'Macbeth' is a play written by a man who, on this occasion at least, >if he had the talent, ought to have written a fairy tale." - JRRT.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1667f1,2e4262ef24a23b71 X-Google-Attributes: gid1667f1,public X-Google-Thread: 103734,2e4262ef24a23b71 X-Google-Attributes: gid103734,public X-Google-Thread: 141549,2e4262ef24a23b71 X-Google-Attributes: gid141549,public X-Google-Thread: 125e88,2e4262ef24a23b71 X-Google-Attributes: gid125e88,public X-Google-Thread: 1078e5,2e4262ef24a23b71 X-Google-Attributes: gid1078e5,public X-Google-Thread: 11f363,2e4262ef24a23b71 X-Google-Attributes: gid11f363,public From: UMV801@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de(M.Pflueger) Subject: Re: Drawing ellipses with arbitrary orientation??? Date: 1996/05/08 Message-ID: <177818793S85.UMV801@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> X-Deja-AN: 153697872 references: <4lnh15$4mo@newshost.uni-koblenz.de> <youngn-2604961738520001@158.234.17.99> organization: RHRZ Uni-Bonn newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.apps,comp.windows.x.intrinsic,fj.windows.x,fr.comp.windows.x,de.com.x11