Re: Hatches

[Janek Warchoł]

I think Urs already knows the answer, but for the archives' sake:

2014-01-23 Urs Liska <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
>
> I never worked with that kind of stuff, so I'd like to get some feedback and
> hints _before_ digging into the docs myself. So I explicitly don't expect
> ready solutions, just a few comments if my approach would be right.
>
> I'm looking for a way to typeset hatched cancellations in manuscripts such
> as in the attached images.
>
> I would approach this kind of stuff by drawing lines in a markup, is that
> the right way?
>
> And (more importantly) would it be possible to write a markup function where
> I can
> - create an arbitrary shape (with a path?)
> - make this shape itself transparent
> - fill this shape with hatches
> - configure angle, density, thickness of the hatches
> ?
>
> And, additionally, would it be possible to write a function that (more or
> less) automatically applies such a cancellation to beams or subbeams as
> shown in the images?

I'm pretty sure that the answer is "yes".  It  wouldn't be trivial,
but i think someone like Harm or David N/K could do it.

Janek