Re: [Groff] sqtroff / groff diffs - escape sequences

[Bernd Warken]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 06:23:42PM -0000, Ted Harding wrote:
> (See man groff_out). The polygon will automatically be closed
> if sum(dxi) and sum(dyi) do not come back to the start.
> To draw a series of connected line segments (polyline)
> use a series of \D'l dx dy'.
> 
> Note, however (unless Werner/Bernd has already changed it)
> that the final position is at (sum(dxi), sum(dyi)).
> Hence it can be worth using \Z'\D'p ...'' so that you at
> least know where you are (i.e. where you started).
>
I made the positioning algorithm selectable with a C macro.  Werner
choose to enable STUPID_DRAWING_POSITIONING - so I'm innocent ;-)

Bernd Warken