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Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug?

From Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.postscript
Subject Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug?
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Date 2016-04-25 19:51 -0400
Message-ID <87potdjlgo.fsf@hemphills.net> (permalink)

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jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> writes:

> Please see the simple PostScript file
> http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/bugs/20160425_LineCap_bug.ps
> and two output files:
> http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/bugs/20160425_LineCap_bug_Ghostscript.pdf
> http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/bugs/20160425_LineCap_bug_Distiller.pdf
>
> They differ. Which is correct? 

I'd say Distiller has it wrong.  The wide line is supposed to have a
butt cap.  The Ghostscript output also agrees with my genuine PostScript
printer.

Scott
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Scott Hemphill	hemphill@alumni.caltech.edu
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setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 15:59 -0700
  Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> - 2016-04-25 19:51 -0400
  Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2016-04-26 08:28 +0100
    Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 01:31 -0700
    Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 02:41 -0700
      Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 19:55 -0700
        Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 06:44 -0700
  Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 14:51 -0700
    Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-07-28 03:01 -0700
      Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 15:23 -0700
        Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2017-05-12 17:25 -0700
          Re: setlinecap and moveto: whose bug? jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> - 2018-01-17 15:11 -0800

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