NAME

       PS_begin_pattern — Starts a new pattern

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pslib.h>

       int PS_begin_pattern(PSDoc *psdoc, float width, float height, float xstep, float ystep, int painttype)

DESCRIPTION

       A pattern can be thought of like a color for drawing and filling.  Actually, PS_setcolor is used to apply
       a pattern.  The pattern itself has given dimension an a stepping in horizontal  and  vertical  direction.
       The stepping comes into effect when the area to be fill is larger than the pattern itself. In such a case
       the pattern will be repeated with a distance of xstep in horizontal and ystep in vertical direction.

       Each call of PS_begin_pattern must be accompanied by a call to PS_end_pattern(3).

RETURN VALUE

       Returns identifier of the pattern or zero in case of an  error.   The  identifier  is  a  positiv  number
       greater 0.

SEE ALSO

       PS_end_pattern(3), PS_set_color(3)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann uwe@steinmann.cx.

                                                                                             PS_BEGIN_PATTERN(3)