As has been pointed out, PDFs are based on postscript (PS). Postscript's line drawing functions (lineto, curveto etc) do "act like LOGO" in that the cursor moves; it surprises me that PDF line drawing functions have changed this.

Some excellent PS references are: The PS tutorial and cookbook: http://www-cdf.fnal.gov/offline/PostScript/BLUEBOOK.PDF

The PS language reference manual: http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/pdfs/tn/PLRM.pdf

And perhaps best of all, Bill Casselman's "Mathematical Illustrations," which isn't amazingly cheap but is available free online at http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/graphics/manual/

In reply to Re: Making Sudoku Puzzles Using PDF::API2 by danderson
in thread Making Sudoku Puzzles Using PDF::API2 by brian_d_foy

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