Re: [Groff] Arrow between ellipses - How to chop (remove overlap) ?

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

> I have quite some difficulties getting this right.
> 
> .PS
> E1: ellipse "$DoDo$" at (0,0)
> E2: ellipse "$NoNo$" at (5, 5)
> arrow from E1 to E2 chop
> .PE
> 
> Now my problem can you define chop (or synonym) so that the overlap
> of the arrows over the ellipses does not occur ?

Try

    arrow from E1 to E2 chop 0.3

and see also the definition of chop around page 10 of Kernighan's _PIC
-- A Graphics Language for Typesetting_ mentioned at the end of groff's
pic man page.  <URL:http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/116.ps.gz>


Ralph.