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From: Ethan A Merritt <EAMerritt@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: set linetype cycle n
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 20:15:50 -0800
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Alex van der Spek wrote:

> It appears as if at least in the CVS version the cycle of linetypes is
> limited to (hardcoded as) 8.

   Not correct.  
   Is there something in the docs or demos that gives that impression?

> Would be nice to be able to set the cycle to an integer of the user's
> choice.
> 
> Is that possible?

   set linetype cycle N

Of course if you choose a large value of N you have to first define
at least that many linetypes for it to make sense.


> Regards,
> Alex van der Spek