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From: JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com>
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Subject: Re: Does overwriting a line write it twice?
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 05:27:38 +0000 (UTC)
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jdaw1 <jdawiseman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Quite often I use code like:
> 
> % path construction, perhaps intricate
> gsave 3 setlinewidth 0 setgray stroke grestore 1 setlinewidth 1 setgray stroke
> 
> It works well, and does just what you want it to do. Carry on.

Thanks, Julian. (Saw other post referencing your "placemat" code,
but hadn't looked at it enough to notice the above construction.
Interesting mix, financial services and wine tasting:)
-- 
John Forkosh  ( mailto:  j@f.com  where j=john and f=forkosh )