Re: What's arcto good for?

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On 25 Jun 2019, luser droog wrote:

> What's 'arcto' good for? It arose mysteriously after the original red book
> apparently to help make rounded corners for screen windows and boxes.
> But I could never figure out how to use it. Does anybody use it?

A glance through some code suggests that I do not; for that kind of
thing I tend to use curveto. I do notice arcto cropping up in some Xfig
diagrams converted by fig2dev though.

-- Mark

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