Re: [Groff] pic solid attribute

[Ted Harding]

On 23-Jul-00 Leonard Stiles wrote:
> As far as I know, the solid attribute is merely the explicit
> specification of the line type which is assumed implicitly unless the
> dotted or dashed  attributes are used.
> 
> In the paper by Eric Raymond, it is said to "make [a] closed figure
> solid", which makes it sound like it does something like "fill".
> However, my guess is that this is misleading/wrong. (Raymond goes on
> to say that "the solid primitive [sic] is not yet supported in GNU
> gpic").

Well, this would agree with my own suspicion. Eric Raymond's paper
is a very valuable general guide to use of pic, being more readily
understandable (and more comprehensive with examples) that the UNIX
PIC User's Manual. However, it is not error-free, and should not be
regarded as a definitive reference.

Thanks for the comments!
Ted.

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