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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Line-thickness drawing attribute
Message-ID: <24200@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 28 Mar 91 17:52:39 GMT
References: <1991Mar27.155056.27758@decuac.dec.com>
Organization: Walter & Eliza Hall Institute
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In article <1991Mar27.155056.27758@decuac.dec.com>, baker@wbc.enet.dec.com writes:
> 	The RKM's for 1.3 (and earlier) show that the graphics
> 	drawing functions have hooks for a line-thickness
> 	attribute, but say that it's currently unsupported.
> 
> 	Is it supported under 2.0 ?  Is it something that may
> 	be supported, or has it been abandoned ?
> 
> 	BTW: If any of you Commodore types are reading this, a
> 	     drawing function that generated open arc's would be
> 	     nice, too...
> 
> 	Regards,
> 	 Art Baker

Ah! Drawing - routines - that - need - to - be - available - and - aren't:

Line thickness is needed.

Lines that bend at nodes restart the line pattern instead of continuing it.
Thus you can't draw a patterned curve using small segements.

Some way or rotating fonts 90 deg for screen printing. The Mac had exactly
the same problem.. 

Regards Alan