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<font face="Myriad Pro">Dear Zbigniew,<br>
<br>
try this one -- this avoids the gaps:<br>
<br>
</font>\begin{pspicture}(-3.5,-3)(3.5,3.5)<br>
\pscircle[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=lightgray,linestyle=black,linewidth=2pt](0,0){2}<br>
\pscircle[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=white,linestyle=black,linewidth=2pt](0,0){1}<br>
\psarc[linewidth=2pt, arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{20}{100}<br>
\psarc[linewidth=2pt, arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{100}{180}<br>
\psarc[linewidth=2pt, arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{180}{260}<br>
\psarc[linewidth=2pt, arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{260}{340}<br>
\psarc[linewidth=2pt](0,0){2}{340}{20}<br>
<br>
\psarcn[liftpen=2,linewidth=2pt, arrows=-&gt;,
arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{340}{260}<br>
\psarcn[linewidth=2pt, arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{260}{180}<br>
\psarcn[linewidth=2pt, arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{180}{100}<br>
\psarcn[linewidth=2pt, arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{100}{20}<br>
\psarcn[linewidth=2pt](0,0){1}{20}{260}<br>
\end{pspicture}
<div><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Juergen<br>
</div>
<br>
<br>
Zbigniew Nitecki wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:6C3E12D1-5420-4D42-AB50-E2E76DCC3959@tufts.edu"
 type="cite">I wanted to draw an annulus, filled in light gray, with
arrows along the edges.
  <div>The code below gives more-or-less what I want (although I am not
sure how to get rid of the</div>
  <div>gaps in the circles):</div>
  <div>**********************************************</div>
  <div>
  <div>\begin{pspicture}(-3.5,-3)(3.5,3.5)</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\pscircle[fillstyle=solid,
fillcolor=lightgray, linestyle=none](0,0){2}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\pscircle[fillstyle=solid,
fillcolor=white, linestyle=none](0,0){1}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{20}{100}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{100}{180}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{180}{260}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{260}{340}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt](0,0){2}{340}{20}</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[liftpen=2,linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{340}{260}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{260}{180}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{180}{100}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{100}{20}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[linewidth=2pt](0,0){1}{20}{260}</div>
  <div>\end{pspicture}</div>
  <div>*****************************************************</div>
  <div>But I wonder if there is a way of filling the annulus using</div>
  <div>a single \pscustom command. &nbsp;The following code gives the second
picture below: the main problem is the small bit of filled-in area
inside the "hole", another is that the lines print thin, and the arrows
are cut in half. &nbsp;(Also, I needed to leave off the last arrow because
otherwise I got an even worse picture):</div>
  <div>*******************************************************</div>
  <div>
  <div>\begin{pspicture}(-3.5,-3)(3.5,3.5)</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\pscustom[fillstyle=solid,
fillcolor=lightgray]{</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{20}{100}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{100}{180}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{180}{260}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){2}{260}{340}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarc[linewidth=2pt](0,0){2}{340}{20}</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[liftpen=2,linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{340}{260}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{260}{180}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{180}{100}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[linewidth=2pt,
arrows=-&gt;, arrowscale=2](0,0){1}{100}{20}</div>
  <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psarcn[linewidth=2pt](0,0){1}{20}{260}</div>
  <div>}</div>
  <div>\end{pspicture}</div>
  <div>***************************************************************</div>
  <div>Output pdf attached:</div>
  </div>
  </div>
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