#1907: ps.map does not (always) respect the drawing order of objects
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Reporter: nikosa | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.0.0
Component: Ps.map | Version: unspecified
Keywords: ps.map, border, rectangle, drawing, displaying, order | Platform: Unspecified
Cpu: Unspecified |
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Consider a ps.map script including a regular map frame with a visible
border, and on top of that a custom rectangle which crosses the map's
border.
Expected is to see the rectangle (whether it is color-filled or not, it
does not matter) overlapping the map's border. It seems however that
ps.map does not respect the order of drawing first the map's border and
second the rectangle. The border of the map (frame) is visible through the
rectangle (color-filled or not) which means it is drawn on top of the
rectangle even though it was instructed first.
This can be confirmed by producing two identical, regarding the structure,
PS maps, though with different colors. I.e.:
Produce a PS map with a grey map border and a black-filled rectangle (with
grey border)
--%<---
border
color grey
width 0.01i
end
rectangle 77% 90% 142% 14%
fcolor 0:0:0
color grey
width 0.1
end
end
--->%--
and a PS map with a blue border and a green-filled rectangle:
--%<---
border
color blue
width 0.01i
end
rectangle 77% 90% 142% 14%
fcolor 0:255:0
color grey
width 0.1
end
end
--->%--
In both cases the map's border is visible there where it is "supposed" to
be covered by the rectangle. Comparing the two PS files, one can identify
that the rectangle is always drawn first and the map border second. Hand-
crafting a PS file so as to first draw the map frame and then the
rectangle, is a prove that it's only a matter of drawing/displaying order.
In this test-case, editing a PS file in order to change the drawing order
is done by changing (below shown are only the relevant bits, in the end of
the PS file):
--%<---
grestore NP
399.7 478.2 M 706.7 478.2 LN
706.7 135.2 LN 399.7 135.2 LN
CP
0.000 1.000 0.000 C
F
0.502 0.502 0.502 C
0.10000000 W
D
0.000 0.000 1.000 C
0.72000000 W
36.5 72.5 507.8 522.8 B D
showpage
--->%--
to
--%<---
grestore
0.000 0.000 1.000 C
0.72000000 W
36.5 72.5 507.8 522.8 B D
NP
399.7 478.2 M 706.7 478.2 LN
706.7 135.2 LN 399.7 135.2 LN
CP
0.000 1.000 0.000 C
F
0.502 0.502 0.502 C
0.10000000 W
D
showpage
--->%--
Why does ps.map not respect the instructions order?
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