NAME

Bio::Graphics::Glyph::dashed_line - The "dashed line" glyph

SYNOPSIS

  See L<Bio::Graphics::Panel> and L<Bio::Graphics::Glyph>.

DESCRIPTION

This glyph draws a dashed line. The lengths of the dash and the space are configurable. The space can be filled with a different color, thus making a two-colored line. Also, the two colors can be "sheared".

OPTIONS

In addition to the common options, the following glyph-specific options are recognized:

  Option      Description                  Default
  ------      -----------                  -------

  -dash_size  Width of one dash              6

  -space_size Width of one space             3
              between dashes

  -space_color Color of the space            none 
              between dashes

  -shear      Whether to use shearing       0
              (1 or 0)

  -linewidth  Standard option, but          1
              important here

BUGS

Please report them.

SEE ALSO

the Bio::Graphics::Panel manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::arrow manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::cds manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::crossbox manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::diamond manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::dna manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::dot manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::ellipse manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::extending_arrow manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::generic manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::graded_segments manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::heterogeneous_segments manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::line manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::pinsertion manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::primers manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::rndrect manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::segments manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::ruler_arrow manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::toomany manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::transcript manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::transcript2 manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::translation manpage, the Bio::Graphics::Glyph::triangle manpage, the Bio::DB::GFF manpage, the Bio::SeqI manpage, the Bio::SeqFeatureI manpage, the Bio::Das manpage, GD

AUTHOR

Vsevolod (Simon) Ilyushchenko <simonf@cshl.edu>.

Copyright (c) 2004 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.