\begin{Bill Bennett}
> \usepackage{pstricks,pstcol,pst-poly,pst-node,multido}
> \PstPolygon[unit=7.5,PolyNbSides=9,PolyOffset=2]
>
> and can report that you'll get a nine-sided "overlapping"
> polygon.
>
> Can some kind soul tell me how to make the outline thicker?
> \fboxrule doesn't work.
iirc, the "standard pstricks" method is the "linewidth" option:
\PstPolygon[unit=7.5,PolyNbSides=9,PolyOffset=2,linewidth=2pt]
> Also, could someone tell me how to fill the polgon with a colour?
again, the pstricks convention is a starred function:
\PstPolygon*[unit=7.5,PolyNbSides=9,PolyOffset=2]
failing that you could maybe make it a path and then fill the
path. see chapter VIII of pst-usr[1-4].ps
personally, i'd just use metapost:
beginfig(1);
numeric sides, radius;
path c;
sides = 9; % number of sides
radius = 2cm; % radius (in TeX units)
c = fullcircle scaled radius;
% add "rotated 20" to the above line if you want
% to rotate the polygon by 20 degrees
% change "draw" to "fill" to get a filled polygon
draw
point 0 of c
for i = 1 upto sides-1:
-- point (length(c)*i/sides) of c
endfor
-- cycle;
endfig;
end;
chuck that in poly.mp (or similar) and run:
mpost poly.mp && mv poly.1 poly.eps
(you've gotta love a language where you can use a for loop in the
middle of a statement..)
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