lwd -- for PostScript -- only in very recent snapshots
Martin Maechler
Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Fri, 5 Jun 1998 08:35:08 +0200
>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Simpson <wsimpson@uwinnipeg.ca> writes:
Bill> I am using [1] "Unstable-snapshot"
Bill> $status.rev [1] "0"
Bill> $major [1] "0"
Bill> $minor [1] "62.0"
Bill> $year [1] "1998"
Bill> $month [1] "April"
Bill> $day [1] "12"
Bill> If I do: plot(x,y, type="l") par(lwd=4) lines(tt,pts)
Bill> The 2nd curve does appear to be heavy (correct line width) in X11
Bill> window, however saved plot (dev.print) uses just single pixel
Bill> line width (as seen when viewed in ghostview or when printed
Bill> out).
Bill> So if lwd is supposed to work in version .62.0, then there is a
Bill> bug. Or else I need a newer snapshot.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
exactly. "lwd" for PostScript only works for a week or so:
On May 27, Paul Murrell wrote to R-core
PM> The Postscript device driver has been modified so that it now takes
PM> notice of the current line width
PM>
PM> Also, the line texture specification (or line type) is now scaled for
PM> the current line width for both X11 and PostScript graphics
PM>
PM> the best way to see the difference is to do
PM>
PM> plot(1:10, lty=3, lwd=3, type="l") # to see X11 version
PM> dev.print() # to get postscript version
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