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            plpsty
          ( | patt ); | 
      If patt is zero or less use either a
      hardware solid fill if the drivers have that capability (virtually all do) or
      fall back to a software emulation of a solid fill using the
      eighth area line fill pattern.  If 0 < patt ≤ 8, then
      select one of eight predefined area line fill patterns to use (see
      plpat if you desire other patterns).
    
patt
          (PLINT
            The desired pattern index. If patt
	    is zero or less, then a solid fill is (normally, see qualifiers above)
	    used.  For patt in the range from 1 to 8 and
	    assuming the driver has not supplied line fill capability itself (most
	    deliberately do not so that line fill patterns look identical for
	    those drivers), the patterns consist of (1) horizontal lines, (2)
	    vertical lines, (3) lines at 45 degrees, (4) lines at -45 degrees, (5)
	    lines at 30 degrees, (6) lines at -30 degrees, (7) both vertical and
	    horizontal lines, and (8) lines at both 45 degrees and -45 degrees.
          
      Redacted form: plpsty(patt)
    
This function is used in examples 12, 13, 15, 16, and 25.