Re: few remarks

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Dave Denholm wrote:

>Ethan Merritt <merritt@u.washington.edu> writes:
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>>On Thursday 12 August 2004 03:44 am, Dave Denholm wrote:
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>>>		if (type != LineSolid || width != 0) {	/* select solid line */
>>>		    XSetLineAttributes(dpy, gc, 0, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinBevel);
>>>		} 
>>>
>>>- try setting the linewidth param to 1 in the XSetLineAttributes call.
>>>      
>>>
>>Thanks for the tip.   The change I actually made was to unconditionally call
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>>            /* Force line type to solid, with round ends */
>>            XSetLineAttributes(dpy, *current_gc, plot->lwidth, LineSolid, CapRound, JoinRound);
>>
>>I was under the impression that passing plot->lwidth was essentially a no-op,
>>since that should have been the current state anyhow.  I made it unconditional
>>in order to force the CapRound attribute.   But if I understand your summary of
>>X oddities, it may actually be the explicit linewidth rather than the CapRound
>>that causes the observed problem to go away.
>>
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>I don't think plot->lwidth is appropriate for drawing symbols - if
>you've got a very wide (gnuplot) line width, the outline of the points
>will be drawn with a wide line.
>
>But maybe that is what you want.
>

I think it's fine so long as independent control, as it currently 
exists, is there, i.e. that example

plot '-' w points lw 10  pt 1 ps 10
0 0
end

Dan