Re: Arbitrary rotation of symbols?

We have curved vectors now on 5 (don't remember the details without 
consulting the manual). See for example

http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/doc/5.1.1/_images/example_30.png

> I have generated a shapefile of glacial lineations using a GIS, and have
> successfully converted the line shapefile to GMT format using OGR. The
> lineations plot fine in GMT.
>
> These features are similar to vectors, in the sense that they illustrate
> direction of flow, but they are different in that they are not described by a
> length and azimuth as vectors are using -Sv; they curved lines. I want to show
> the direction of flow by placing a triangle at the last x,y coordinate in the
> line segment, but is it possible to rotate a triangle symbol so that the
> triangle head is oriented correctly with respect to the trend of the line?
>
> This is basically the same issue described in
> https://listserv.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0801&L=GMT-HELP&P=R52411&1=GMT-HELP&9=A&I=-3&J=on&d=No+Match%3BMatch%3BMatches&z=4
>
> but I'm not sure if the functionality has been added in the intervening 6
> years. The psxy manual doesn't seem to indicate that there is, but I thought I
> would ask anyway.
>
> Thanks,
>

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