psbezier and first point

[Denis Girou]

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>>>>> "Yvon.Thoraval" == Yvon Thoraval <Yvon.Thoraval at wanadoo.fr> writes:

    Yvon.Thoraval> it seems that, the starting point of a bezier is at (0,0) , but not 
    Yvon.Thoraval> always, it depends of the number of control points after.

    Yvon.Thoraval> is their a way to control that ?

    Yvon.Thoraval> ie avoiding starting with (0,0) but only with the first given point.

  If I understand correctly your question, you must define (x0,y0) as (x1,y1)
if you want to define the Bezier curve by three points only.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pstricks}

\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}

\psset{subgriddiv=0,showpoints=true,dotscale=2}

\begin{pspicture}(6,6)\psgrid
  \psbezier(2,3)(3,0)(5.5,4)
  \psbezier[linecolor=red](2,4)(2,4)(3,1)(5.5,5)
\end{pspicture}

\end{document}

  P.S. Looking at the \curveto macro (page 39), which is an alternative way,
but probably uninteresting in your case, I found a very old typo which prevent
it to work. I verify that it was already in version 0.93a, so we can deduce
that this macro is not heavily used...

\def\pst at threecoor#1(#2)#3(#4)#5(#6){%
\begingroup
\pst at getcoor{#2}\pst at tempa
\pst at getcoor{#4}\pst at tempb
% D.G. modification begin - Feb. 18, 1999
%\pst at getcoor{#6}\pst at tembc
\pst at getcoor{#6}\pst at tempc
% D.G. modification end
\addto at pscode{\pst at tempa \pst at tempb \pst at tempc #1}%
\endgroup}

D.G.

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