tcianflo@nugipsy.UUCP (Tom Cianflone) (03/12/88)
Does pic have a global option like tbl's linesize which
changes the default size of the lines it draws?
Our printing process needs a heavier line size than the pic default.
In tbl, we have to specify linesize(14). We need to do the same
thing with pic, but can't find anything in the documentation about
it. What some are doing now is to code a duplicate primitive
(line, box, or whatever) offset by a few thousandths of an inch
to make the item appear to have been drawn with a thicker line.
This is a bit tedius and labor intensive to say the least.
Any help on this? Thanks as always...
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>Does pic have a global option like tbl's linesize which >changes the default size of the lines it draws? I may have a solution. I have successfuly changed the "thickness" of lines in Pic using the ".ps" pointsize command in straight ditroff. As an example, say your default pointsize is 10. Then the following pic input will draw a default pointsize line and then a line of pointsize 20: .PS line 0,1 to 1,1 .ps 20 line 0,2 to 1,2 .PE Good luck, Vic Sparrow University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and US Army Construction Engineering Research Lab-Acoustics Team PO Box 4005 2902 Newmark Drive Interstate Research Park Champaign, Illinois 61820-1305 (217) 352-6511 ext. 406 ...decvax!ihnp4!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!osiris!sparrow or sparrow@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu