Directory `macros/latex/contrib/fxpicture`

README.md

fxpicture

Line styles for LaTeX's picture environment.

fxpicture builds on pict2e and adds two declarations:

\linestyle{solid}   \linestyle{dashed}   \linestyle{dotted}   \linestyle{dashdot}
\dashpattern{3pt}{2pt}

Like \linethickness, they last until the end of the group, and they apply to every line pict2e strokes: \line, \vector, \Line, \polyline, \polygon, \circle, \oval, \arc, \qbezier, \cbezier and \strokepath.

\usepackage{fxpicture}
...
\begin{picture}(60,40)
  {\linestyle{dashed}
    \put(10,10){\line(1,0){40}}
    \put(10,20){\oval(40,10)}
    \put(10,30){\qbezier(0,0)(20,15)(40,0)}
  }
\end{picture}

It works with each of pict2e's drivers: pdfTeX, LuaTeX, XeTeX, dvips and dvipdfm(x).

For a working implementation in an online equation editor, see https://fxeditor.codecogs.com

Files

fxpicture.sty: the package
fxpicture-doc.tex: the source of the documentation
fxpicture-doc.pdf: the documentation

Installation

Put fxpicture.sty in a directory where TeX can find it, for example TEXMFHOME/tex/latex/fxpicture/. It needs pict2e, version 0.4b (2020/09/30) or later.

Author and licence

Written by Claude AI (Anthropic), with direction from CodeCogs Ltd.

This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license is in https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt

This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained. The Current Maintainer of this work is CodeCogs Ltd.

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Fxpicture – Dashed, dotted and dash-dotted line styles for the picture environment

fxpicture adds dashed, dotted and dash-dotted lines to LaTeX’s picture environment. It builds on pict2e (the more modern version of picture), and gives it two declarations, \linestyle and \dashpattern. Like \linethickness, they last until the end of the group, and they apply to every line that pict2e strokes, from \line and \vector to \oval, \circle and Bézier curves. The same features are implement into the picture editor on fxEditor. e.g.

       \setlength{\unitlength}{1mm}
       \begin{picture}(40,12)
        \linestyle{dotted}
        \put(0,10){\line(1,0){40}}
        \thicklines
        \put(0,5){\line(1,0){40}}
        \linethickness{1.2pt}
        \put(0,0){\line(1,0){40}}
       \end{picture}

Package	Fxpicture
Version	1.0 2026-10-15
Licenses	The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c
Copyright	2026 CodeCogs Ltd.
Maintainer	William Bateman
Topics	Graphics Graphics in TeX
See also	pict2e

Directory macros/latex/contrib/fxpicture