[Xy-pic] Thick lines in pdflatex

[Ross Moore]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Till Mossakowski wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to typeset thick lines, e.g. as in
>
> \xymatrix{A \ar@{-->}@*{[|(1.8)]}[r]^{B} & C}
>
> with PdfLaTeX?

No; it is not, as yet.

The pdf-driver for Xy-graphics primitives has not been implemented
in PDF, so your options are:

  1.  use  dvips+ghostscript for the whole document;
  2.  handle the diagrams as separate images,
      (using dvips+ghostscript -E then import them
       into your pdfLaTeX document);
  3.  use colours, rather than line-thickness to convey
      the meaning that you are trying to express;

Or, the most desirable...

  4.  contribute to the development of a full graphics
      back-end into PDF, analogous to xyps .

>
> (The thicker lines seem to work only with the [ps,dvips]
> option, but not with PdfLaTeX).

That is correct.

>
> Greetings,

Hope this helps,

	Ross Moore


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