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authorwl <wl>2008-01-11 07:18:05 +0000
committerwl <wl>2008-01-11 07:18:05 +0000
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* doc/pic.ms: Mention that compass points of line objects are
arbitrarily located.
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diff --git a/doc/pic.ms b/doc/pic.ms
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--- a/doc/pic.ms
+++ b/doc/pic.ms
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (C) 2006, 2007
+.\" Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008
.\" Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\" Written by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
.\"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> in August 1995. It has been put
.\" under the GPL in March 2006.
.\"
-.\" $Id: pic.ms,v 1.37 2007/11/20 17:25:39 wl Exp $
+.\" $Id: pic.ms,v 1.38 2008/01/11 07:18:05 wl Exp $
.
.
.\" Set a proper TeX and LaTeX
@@ -1087,6 +1087,10 @@ obvious meaning.
.PP
Arc objects also have compass point; they are the compass points of
the implied circle.
+.PP
+Non-closed objects (line, arrow, or spline) have compass points too, but
+the locations of them are completely arbitrary. In particular, different
+\fBpic\fP implementations return different locations.
.NH 3
Locations Relative to Open Objects
.PP