creating Bezier splines

\_ SMTP quoth John (EBo) David on 9/23/2001 13:39 as having spake thusly:
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\_ Does anyone qnow of a common graphics tool that allows you to create and
\_ draw Bezier splines by specifying their controll points? I checked both
\_ xfig and gimp and it looked like these do not have shuch
\_ functionality...


shell% cat > foo.ps
%!PS
/inch { 72 mul } def
/P0 { 1.0 inch 3.0 inch } def
/P1 { 1.0 inch 7.0 inch } def
/P2 { 5.0 inch 1.0 inch } def
/P3 { 7.0 inch 4.0 inch } def
P0 moveto P1 P2 P3 curveto
0.125 inch setlinewidth
stroke
showpage
^D
shell% gv foo.ps

cat wins again.

For something more gui, check dia.

David