Node Operations

[Denis Girou]

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>>>>> "S.Kundu" == SLK  <nasipuri at giascl01.vsnl.net.in> writes:

    S.Kundu> I have drawn a rectangular node. Is it possible to draw a line [without
    S.Kundu> specifying coordinates] which will snap to one of the specified corner
    S.Kundu> points of the rectangle?

  This is an interesting point. The answer is yes. Look at the following
example and see also the paragraph 34 of the documentation (Special
coordinates), page 72. Nodes with special coordinates is a powerful mechanism,
but I agree that documentation is rather short and lack of more examples.

  If you need to make the computations inside the code, you can compute the
arctangent values using the `fp' package (perhaps other ones too).

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pstcol}
\usepackage{pst-node}

\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}

\psset{dimen=middle,subgriddiv=0,griddots=5}

\SpecialCoor

\begin{pspicture}(7,7)\psgrid
  \fnode[framesize=2 4,linecolor=red](2,3){X}
  \rput(X){\qdisk(0,0){0.2}}
  \rput([angle=-116.565]X){\LARGE a} % t=atan(2/4)=26.565 ; -90-t
  \rput([angle=116.565]X){\LARGE b}  % 90+t
  \rput([angle=63.435]X){\LARGE c}   % 90-t
  \rput([angle=-63.435]X){\LARGE d}  % -90+t
%
  \fnode[framesize=2 2,linecolor=cyan](5,5){Y}
  \rput([angle=-135]Y){\LARGE A}     % t=atan(2/2)=45 ; -90-t
  \rput([angle=135]Y){\LARGE B}      % 90+t
  \rput([angle=45]Y){\LARGE C}       % 90-t
  \rput([angle=-45]Y){\LARGE D}      % -90+t
%
  \fnode[framesize=2 1,linecolor=green](5,1){Z}
  \rput([angle=-153.435]Z){\LARGE\textcolor{red}{$\bullet$}}
                                     % t=atan(2/1)=63.435 ; -90-t
  \rput([angle=153.435]Z){\LARGE\textcolor{blue}{$\bullet$}}   % 90+t
  \rput([angle=26.565]Z){\LARGE\textcolor{magenta}{$\bullet$}} % 90-t
  \rput([angle=-26.565]Z){\LARGE\textcolor{yellow}{$\bullet$}} % -90+t
%
  \psline{->}(1,0)([angle=-26.565]Z)
  \psline[linewidth=0.1]{<->}([angle=153.435]Z)([angle=-45]Y)
\end{pspicture}

\end{document}

Denis Girou
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