another problem with patch

[Petr Mikulik]

> If you try the following:
> 
> octave:53> phi=linspace(0,2*pi);
> octave:54> patch(sin(phi),cos(phi),'r')
> octave:55> axis([0 1 0 1])
> 
> one would expect that a quarter of a circle should be drawn. It seems
> that gnuplot drops all points outside of the plotting window, therefore
> only a segment of a circle is drawn. Can this be handled in gnuplot
> correctly?

Unfortunately no. Gnuplot can clip only points and lines, but not 2D 
polygons. (Implementation of clipping for gnuplot's filledcurves would be 
welcome.)

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