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From: ciemo@bananapc.wpd.sgi.com (Dave Ciemiewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: How do you get rid of the current point
Summary: As simple as a move
Message-ID: <39596@sgi.SGI.COM>
Date: 4 Aug 89 20:53:20 GMT
References: <17344@bellcore.bellcore.com>
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In article <17344@bellcore.bellcore.com>, sjs@spectral.ctt.bellcore.com (Stan Switzer) writes:
> In PostScript, how do you nuke the current point, making no other
> changes to the graphics state?
> 
> The situation is this: I have part of a path already constructed and
> I'd like to add an "arc" segment without the line leading from the
> current point to the arc.
> 
> In NeWS, "closepath" (which I happened to need anyway) gets rid of the
> current point, but on a LaserWriter the current point seems to be
> unaffected.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Stan Switzer  sjs@ctt.bellcore.com

This seems so obvious I wonder if I'm missing something in the discussion.
Why not use the "moveto" operator?  The red books says:

	[moveto] starts a new subpath of the currect path.  moveto sets
	the current point ... without adding any line segments to the
	current path.

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