May I ask again for hints ??? > However, there is problem with the asterisk symbols I'm not sure how to > solve, and I ask for your advice!!! As you can see in the attached > example output, custom_symbol2a.png, the length of the arms of the > asterisk-symbol appear different even so have numerically all the same > length. An asterisk-symbol is drawn by connecting the origin (0,0) with > one end of an arm, e.g. (1,0) and again back to the origin (0,0), then > to the next end of an arm and so on. > - Is there a better way to do this? > - And is there a way to avoid output artefacts like those in the example > attached ? > > The artefact seems to be present for a pixel-devices only (like .png) > but not for a vector-drawing-device like eps :-( So it seems that it is > an issue of rounding to int ???
The basic question is: is there a way to ensure that a line is drawn with a fixed length irrespective of location and direction of the line. I really would like to add more features (line-style symbols for scatter), but the actual problem makes the patch embryonic ... Manuel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
