<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Dear folks,</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">I am still confused with the convention adopted in PSTricks for closed and open curves.</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">The default value of dimen of closed curves:</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\pscircle outer</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\psellipse outer</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\psframe outer</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times,
serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\pspolygon middle</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\pswedge middle</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">The default value of dimen of open curvers:</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\psline middle</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\psplot middle</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\pscurve middle</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\psbezier middle</font></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">\psarc
middle</span><br></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">\psellipticarc outer</font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Question: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">1. Why are the dimen of \pspolygon and \pswedge set to middle instead of outer? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">2. Why is the dimen of \psellipticarc set to outer instead of middle?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:
'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Thank you. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Higgs Boson</span></div></div></body></html>