[pstricks] concatenation of \psline

[Alan Ristow]

Goebel, Juergen, OPES26 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> what's wrong with the following example:
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{pstricks}
> \begin{document}
> \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(10,10)
>      \SpecialCoor
>      \psset{arrows=->}
>      \psline(0;0)(5;35)
>      \psline(5;40)
> \end{pspicture}
> \end{document}
> 
> I expected to see two arrows, the second one starting at
> the end point of the first one. But instead both arrows
> start at the origin. What am I doing wrong here?

As I recall, if \psline receives only one set of coordinates then it 
implicitly uses the origin as the initial coordinate, regardless of 
preceding \psline commands. I'm sure Herbert will correct me if I'm 
wrong. Try:

\psline(0;0)(5;35)
\psline(5;35)(5;40)

Alan