Re: [9fans] pic

[simon softnet <ph.softnet@gmail.com>]

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dformat is your friend - for this diagram

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:32 PM, roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 24 May 2011 03:53, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> >> I would like to try to get something  running which
> >> would allow me to draw pic documents in a WYSIWYG style
> >> I have a load of rather complex drawings to do.
> >
> > If you will never have to edit them, whiteboard + digital camera.
> >
> > Otherwise, I've found that it is always worth the time to
> > program the drawings (pic macros, postscript functions,
> > metapost, whatever), because then editing them is possible.
>
> out of interest, which of these do you use yourself by preference?
> for example for this diagram:
>
>
> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZnVhQ3NyEx0/S4NfiL9UgZI/AAAAAAAAAB0/mW2hZr-Ay5k/s400/gorace4.png
>
> getting those curves right can't be that easy if you're working
> out the parameters manually, and doing the collision avoidance
> programmatically can't be too easy either...
>
>

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