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NAME

       PS_begin_pattern — Starts a new pattern

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pslib.h>

       int  PS_begin_pattern(PSDoc  *psdoc,  float  width, float height, float
       xstep, float ystep, int painttype)

DESCRIPTION

       A pattern can be thought of like  a  color  for  drawing  and  filling.
       Actually,  PS_setcolor  is used to apply a pattern.  The pattern itself
       has given dimension an a stepping in horizontal and vertical direction.
       The  stepping comes into effect when the area to be fill is larger than
       the pattern itself. In such a case the pattern will be repeated with  a
       distance of xstep in horizontal and ystep in vertical direction.

       Each  call  of  PS_begin_pattern  must  be  accompanied  by  a  call to
       PS_end_pattern(3).

RETURN VALUE

       Returns identifier of the pattern or zero in case  of  an  error.   The
       identifier is a positiv number greater 0.

SEE ALSO

       PS_end_pattern(3), PS_set_color(3)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann uwe@steinmann.cx.