Re: postscript dash patterns in parametric vs data plots

[Mojca M. <moj...@gm...>]

Hello,

I'm sending a minimal example (an EPS file) that reproduces the
problem (it's exactly the same line that you sent, but shifted and
with all the overhead removed completely).

Apple's software and ps2pdf give different results. This could be
called "a bug in renderer" (though I'm not sure whether it's Apple or
GS that's buggy - it's just inconsistent). I can send screenshots if
that helps anyone.

The other question is why gnuplot draws two lines (and also: why it
draws "1 0 rlineto" more than hundred times in a row). I didn't try to
understand what the gnuplot code does.

%!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF-2.0
%%BoundingBox: -2 0 166 40
%%EndComment
10 setlinewidth
[40 20] 0 setdash
% first line
0   10 moveto 104 0 rlineto stroke
104 10 moveto  61 0 rlineto stroke
% second line
0   30 moveto 164 0 rlineto stroke
showpage
%%Trailer

The code corresponds to the following part from your original EPS:

972 883 M
1 0 V
1 0 V
1 0 V
...
1 0 V
stroke 1076 883 M
1 0 V
...
1 0 V
stroke
LT1
LCb setrgbcolor
3112 883 M
164 0 V
1.000 UP
stroke


Mojca